The following table summarizes the Elk distribution, estimated numbers 

 and kill in the 195^ season. 



TOTAL: 



275 approximately 



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FUR MANAGEMENT 



There was an improvement (see Table 7) in the price paid for the raw j 

 pelts of most burbearers in Ontario during the 195**-55 trapping season. This wi 

 a welcome change in the steady downward trend which had prevailed since 1950-51« 



Beaver. 



The improved beaver prices probably stimulated trappers to take a la] 9 



crop than they would otherwise have done, but the harvest is still far smaller 1|l 

 it should be in most areas. Beaver have become so abundant in some districts tl,l 

 they have destroyed most of the nutritious food plants available and are having 8 

 subsist on a second rate diet. Malnutrition has probably been the basic cause 



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