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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 

 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 



*Shown tinder allied types. 



The following table shows the 

 County or 

 District 



Algoma 



Brant 



Bruce 



Carleton 



Cochrane 



Dufferin 



Dundas 



Durham 



Elgin 



Essex 



Frontenac 



Glengarry 



Grenville 



Grey 



Haldimand 



Halton _ 



Hastings 



Huron 



Kenora 



Kent 



Lambton 



Lanark 



Leeds 



Lennox and Addington 



Lincoln _ 



Manitoulin 



Muskoka _... ._ 



location 



Number 

 17 



9 

 47 

 14 



6 



7 



2 

 13 

 15 

 19 

 13 



3 



5 

 79 

 19 

 31 



5 

 40 

 25 

 27 

 17 

 48 



9 



5 

 24 

 14 

 10 



by County or District 

 County or 

 District 

 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 



of licensed fur farms 1949. 



Number 

 43 



9 



9 

 13 

 28 

 29 

 20 

 28 

 50 

 13 

 14 



3 

 30 

 43 



4 

 90 



1 

 23 



7 

 104 

 13 

 35 

 17 

 37 

 51 

 145 



Total 1382 



