FUR-FARMING IN CANADA 



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Chinchilla 12 



Chinese water deer 120 



Clark, Rev. Geo., fox breeding 



by 13, 22 



Classification, geographical, of furs 110 



Close seasons 3 



Cocks, A. H., marten farmer 78 



Colony plan of mink-ranching. ... 74 



Colour phases of red fox 17 



Colours, natural, of furs 100 



Constipation in foxes 43 



Commerce in raw furs 104 



Coney ■ 6 



Corporations for fox-farming. ... 1 



Cross foxes, breeding of 22 



Dalton, Chas., pioneer P. E. I. fox 



breeder 14, 24 



sales of fox skins by, in 1910. 112 

 Davenport, Dr. Eugene, on Men- 

 del's Law 19 



Deer, fallow 120 



Virginia, experiments with 117 



Diarrhoea in foxes 43 



Digestion, disorders of, in foxes . . 43 

 Diseases of foxes: 



constipation 43 



diarrhoea 43 



indigestion 43 



mange 41 



parasitic epidemic 45 



rickets 42 



worms 43 



Diseases of blue foxes 67 



Domestication of fur-bearers 10 



Domestic fur-bearers 6, 9 



Dressing furs 100 



Durability of furs 103 



Dyeing of furs 100 



of mink skins 72 



Eland, domestication of 121 



Elk, American — See Wapiti. 



Ermine 71 



Eskimo dog 92 



owners of reindeer 132 



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 Exotic species, breeding of.. 6, 10, 120 



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Fairs, European 104 



Fences for ranches 28 



Financial aspects of fox-farming . . 48 



Fisher 79 



popularizing the 6 



Fleas on foxes 44 



Food for foxes 36 



Forests, destruction of 3 



Fort Smith, reindeer near 95 



Fox, attempts to domesticate .... 13 

 black, domesticating experiments 



with 12 



black, how to identify 18 



black, prices of pelts of 1 



red, colour phases of 17 



red, range of 16 



red, sub-species of 16 



silver — See Fox, black and Black 

 fox. 



Fox-breeding, Prof. W. Bateson on 19 



results of various matings 17 



to secure dark-coloured pelts . . 20 

 Foxes in captivity, percentage of, 



in P.E.I 2 



in Canada 53 



Fox fur, when prime 46 



Fox-ranch : 



of Holt, Renfrew & Co 13 



location for 25 



of Paquet Bros 13 



of Revillon Freres 13 



Fox-ranches, fencing of 28 



number of, in existence in 1909 15 



in United States 54 



Fox-ranchers, organizations among 55 

 Fox- ranching: 



life of the boom in 51 



catching and handling of foxes. 46 



centres of the industry 53 



construction of kennel 35 



construction of nest 35 



construction of pens 33 



disease and hygiene 41, 42 



failure of early attempts at . . . . 15 



financial aspects 48 



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