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DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES 



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were disposed of, of which 35,491 were exported and 427 dressed within the Province, 

 all of which were worth $280,519.58 to the fur farmers. Thus the entire fur production 

 within the Province produced the sum of $2,111,757.85 for trappers and licensed fur 

 farmers. The furs above mentioned, and which were prodnced on fur farms were 

 not subject to the payment of royalty in accordance with the exemption provided 

 in the Game and Fisheries Act. 



FUR FARMING 



During the year 1,791 fur farmers' licenses were issued, an increase of 255 

 or more than sixteen percent, the largest annual increase for ten years. These 

 farms may be classified to show 837 as fox farms, 708 as mink farms, 202 mixed 

 farms, (principally fox and mink) and 44 miscellaneous farms. 



The subjoined comparative table shows the total breeding stock retained on 

 these licensed premises as at the first day of January in each of the four years 

 enumerated: — 



Beaver 



Fisher 



Fox (cross) 



Fox (red) 



Fox (silver or black) 



Fox (blue) 



Lynx 



Mink 



Muskrat 



Raccoon 



Skunk 



Bear 



Marten 



1936 



70 



16 



367 



228 



21,645 



5 



2 



12.332 



375 



524 



3 



21 



4 



1937 



21 



20 



257 



207 



23,869 







2 



15.539 



351 



358 



5 



15 



4 



1938 



25 



16 



235 



140 



24,848 







2 



21,982 



302 



351 



9 



15 



11 



1939 



2 



19 



197 



120 



22,923 



98 



2 



30.378 



267 



284 



6 



15 



15 



From the foregoing statistical table it will be observed that silver fox and mink 

 represent the greater proportion of the operations thus carried on, while of these 

 mink is rapidly assuming a role of major importance. 



The general location of these fur farms is shown in the following table: — 



County or District Number of Farms 



Algoma 35 



Brant 10 



Bruce 69 



Carleton 44 



Cochrane 13 



Dufferin 8 



Dundas 5 



Durham 20 



Elgin 11 



Essex 9 



Frontenac 47 



Glengarry 5 



Grenville 7 



Grey 125 



