Report of the Department of Lands and Forests for fiscal year ending March 31, 1950 



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point where profit can be realized, which should put the fox industry on the soundest 

 basis in its history. 



The unstable market in the first part of this year and the general condition of 

 the industry resulted in a net decrease of 268 ranches in the Province. There was a 

 total of 1,392 licences issued during the calendar year 1949. Of these. 1,274 were 

 renewals of previous licences, 108 for newly established ranches and 10 licences were 

 issued with retroactive provisions to legalize the operation of ranches during the 

 previous year. Table No. 2 



SUMMARY OF BREEDING STOCK— LICENSED FUR FARMS 

 JANUARY 1st 

 1045 1046 1047 1048 1040 



*Sho'u.'n tinder allied types. 



The following table shows the location 

 County or 

 District 



bv 



.Mgoma .— . 



Brant 



Bruce 



Carleton ... 

 Cochrane 

 Dufferin ... 

 Dundas . .. 

 Durham .. 



Elgin 



Essex 



Frontenac 

 Glengarry 

 Grenville .. 



Grey 



Haldimand 

 Halton .... 

 Hastings .. 



Huron 



Kenora ... . 



Kent 



Lambton .. 

 Lanark . .. 

 Leeds 



Number 

 17 





 47 

 14 



6 



County or District of licensed fur farms 1040. 

 County or 

 District Number 



Lennox and Addington 



Lincoln 



Manitoulin 



Muskoka 



2 

 13 

 15 

 19 

 13 

 3 

 5 



79 



19 



31 



5 



40 



25 



27 



17 



48 



9 



5 



24 



14 



10 



Middlesex 



Xipissing 



Norfolk 



Northumberland 



Ontario 



Oxford 



Parry Sound 



Peel 



Perth 



Peterborough 



Prescott 



Prince Edward .. 



Rainy River 



Renfrew 



Russell 



Simcoe 



Stormont 



Sudbury 



Timiskaming 



Thunder Bay 



Victoria 



Waterloo 



Welland 



Wellington 

 Wentworth 

 York 



Total 



43 

 9 



9 

 13 

 28 

 29 

 20 

 28 

 SO 

 13 

 14 



3 

 30 

 43 



4 

 90 



1 

 23 



7 



104 



13 



35 



17 



37 



SI 



145 



1382 



