FUR-FARMING IN CANADA 



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Identification marks on foxes ... 45 



Imitations of furs 7 



of silver fox skins 52 



Importations of blue foxes to Can- 

 ada 56 



of furs to London, 1855 and 



1875 143, 144 



Increase of foxes, rate of 52, 54 



Indigestion in foxes 43 



Island site for fox ranch 28 



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Jackson, Dr. S., introduction of 



reindeer through 92 



Judge, James, on blue foxes 60 



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Karakule 9 



Keeper, experienced, necessary in 



fox ranching 39 



Kennel, fox, construction of 35 



Killing foxes — See Slaughtering 



Killing of fur- bearers 97 



Kiver, H., & Co 105 



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Labelle, Compagnie Zootechnique 



de 72 



Labrador, reindeer in 93 



foxes 24 



Lampson, C. M., & Co 105 



sales of 108 



Lantz, species of mammals on the 



earth 10 



Laurentian plateau, expensive pelts 



from 71 



Legislation, Canadian, re fur- 

 farming 135 



Lethal chamber 47 



London, importation of furs to, 



1855 and 1875 143, 144 



Chamber of Commerce, permis- 

 sible fur descriptions 8 



fur auction, typical prices 147 



fur market 105 



Zoological Society 121 



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Lopp, W. T., reindeer travel by. . 134 



' Lynx, black ' 6 



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Mammals, wild, objects of breed- 

 ing of 119 



in Canada, three orders of . . . . 11 



Mange in foxes 42 



Manufacture of furs 96, 102 



Maritime Provinces, foxes import- 

 ed into 1 



Marten 78, 128 



habits of 78 



popularizing the 6 



skins, production of 79 



Mating of foxes 17,39 



Meat fox diet 37 



Mendel's law 19 



Menier, M., fox breeder 14 



Mink 71, 128 



Mink-farming 72 



practical hints on 77 



Mink, food of 75 



pens 76 



popularizing of 6 



Mink-ranching, methods of 73 



Misnaming furs 7 



Montague, P. E. I., foxes near. . . 53 



Montmorency Falls, fox ranch at. 13 



Moose 95 



Moravian mission reindeer 132 



Moths on foxes 44 



Muntjac 120 



Musk-ox, in London fur sales. ... 3 



Muskrat 89 



Muskrat-ranching 90 



Muskrat, rise of, in popularity. . . 6 



Muskrat skins, prices of 89 



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Natural plan of mink-ranching. . . 73 



Nesbitt, A. and W 105 



furs sold by, 1905-12 142 



Nests for foxes 35 



New Brunswick, fur-farming legis- 

 lation of 135 



Newfoundland foxes 24 



North American Commercial Co. 69 



Northwest, reindeer in 94 



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