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132 cross foxes and 58,110 Mink, all of which had an estimated value of $1,859,- 

 917.63, and which was $370,416.18 in excess of such returns in 1942-43. 



It will be seen that the fur produced by trappers and by licensed fur farm- 

 ers during the 1943-44 season was marketed for the total sum of $7,633,931.79. 



FUR FARMING 



Although market prices for raw furs improved substantially, the high cost 

 of feed and the scarcity of help caused some further recession in the fur-farming 

 industry. During the year 1943 there were, 1,222 fur farmer's licenses issued, 1,119 

 being renewals of previous licenses and 103 for new fur farms. This represents 

 a decrease of 17 per cent. 



As is indicated in the following table mink and foxes are the principal species 

 propagated on these fur farming premises. Experiments carried out by fur farmers 

 in the raising of fisher, marten, muskrat and beaver were negligible. 



BREEDING STOCK ON LICENSED FUR FARMS AS AT JANUARY 1st 



Beaver 



Fisher 



Cross Fox 



Red Fox 



Silver Black Fox .., 



Blue Fox 



Platinum Fox 



White marked Fox 



Lynx 



Marten 



Mink 



Muskrat 



Otter 



Raccoon 



Skunk 



1941 



13 



26 



134 



65 



16,034 



397 



X 



X 



2 



16 



34,277 



179 



2 



139 



7 



1942 



18 



16 



112 



73 



15,630 



644 



X 



X 



2 



19 



38,650 



119 







124 



5 



1943 



21 



15 



68 



96 



12,901 



595 



125 



1,379 



2 



15 



29,345 



52 







121 



2 



1944 



23 



12 



58 



123 



12,114 



838 



729 



2,030 







20 



33,971 











155 







X New type foxes previously included with Silver Black Foxes. 

 The subjoined table shows an analysis of the location of licensed 

 premises: — 



fur farm 



County or District. Farms 



Algoma 17 



Brant 10 



Bruce 51 



Oarleton 27 



Cochrane 5 



Dufferin 4 



Dundas 5 



Durham 5 



Elgin 9 



Essex 11 



Frontenac 25 



Glengarry 3 



Grenville 9 



Grey 78 



Haldimand 19 



Haliburton 1 



Halton 24 



Hastings 9 



L^^ naiion . 

 I^B Hastings 



H 



County or District. Farms 



Huron 57 



Kenora 18 



Kent 20 



Lambton 14 



Lanark 79 



Leeds 17 



Lennox & Addington 1 



Lincoln 5 



Manitoulin 17 



Muskoka 7 



Middlesex 45 



Nipissing 5 



Northumberland 3 



Ontario 23 



Oxford 26 



Norfolk 10 



Parry Sound 11 



Peel 16 



County or District. Farms 



Perth 44 



Peterboro 3 



Prescott 4 



Prince Edward 5 



Rainy River 23 



Renfrew 64 



Russell 7 



Simcoe 78 



Stormont 7 



Sudbury 6 



Temiskaming 8 



Thunder Bay 60 



Victoria 15 



Waterloo 46 



Welland 7 



Wellington 21 



Wentworth 24 



York 114 



