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Oliver, Hon. F., introduction of 



reindeer by 94 



Ontario, beaver supplied by Gov- 

 ernment of 91 



fox-ranching in 13, 24 



Open method of skinning 97 



Options on foxes 49 



Otter 127 



Canadian 80 



general characteristics of 81 



habits of 82 



numbers not decreasing 81 



Otter-ranching 84 



Otter skins, prices of 80, 82 



Otter, the, as a fur-bearer 80 



Oulton, Robert, pioneer P.E.I, fox 



breeder 14 



Over-fur 96 



Over-hair 96 



Ownership of escaped fox 45 



P 



Paddock for fox ranches 34 



Paquet Bros., fox ranch of 13 



Parasitic fox disease 45 



Parks, national, value of 116 



Pekan 79 



Pelts — See Skins. 



Pelts, decreasing numbers of . . . . 4 



increasing prices of 4 



Pennant marten 79 



Pens, fox, arrangement of 36 



fox, construction of Si 



Persian lamb 6, 9 



Piastre Baie, fox ranch at 13 



foxes near 53 



Plucked skins 97 



Poisons for killing foxes 47 



Polar fox — See Bltie fox. 



Polar fox 56 



Popularizing furs 6 



Port Elgin, N.B., foxes near 53 



Pribilof islands 57, 58, 60 



Price of black fox skins 2, 114 



of black fox skins, average Ill 



of black fox skins, highest. .. .51, 111 



of black fox skins, lowest 52 



Price of black fox skins (cont'd) page 



of black fox skins, ultimate 54 



of beaver skins 91 



of foxes, rise in 49 



of furs, statistics of 146 



of mink skins 72 



of muskrat skins 89 



of otter skins 82 



of red fox skins 23 



. of skunk skins 85 



Prices received by C. Dalton for 



fox skins 112 



by J. S. Gordon for fox skins. . 113 



Prime skins, how to detect 96 



Prince Edward Island, climate of. 25 



early fox breeders in 15 



importation of foxes into 24 



price of fo.x skins from Ill, 114 



Ptomaine poisoning of foxes 44 



Q 



Quarantine of foxes 55 



Quebec, fox-ranching in 13 



fur-farming legislation 135 



city, foxes near 53 



R 



Raccoon 70 



Ranches, fox, in Canada 53 



Ranching, fox, practice 25 



Rayner, James, P.E.I, fox breeder 15 

 Rayner, Silas, early P.E.I, fox 



breeder 15 



Registration of foxes 55 



Reindeer 92 



in Alaska 131 



for draught purposes 134 



introduced into Labrador 93 



loaning of, to natives 132 



in the Northwest 94 



skins, uses of 133 



Re-naming furs 6 



Revillon FrSres 104 



fox ranch of 13 



Richardson, C. D., on value of wild 



animals 115 



Rickets in foxes 43 



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