SILVER FOX RAISING IN CAPTIVITY 163 



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quality of the fox, because the association will trace and verify the 

 facts set out in the application for registration. While the war has 

 had an effect on the pelt market, at a sale of 137 miscellaneous pelts, 

 some wild and some domestic, an average price of $330 was obtained 

 within the last few weeks, on the Montreal market. There have been 

 very few pelts marketed in Prince Edward Island in prime condition. 

 The only pelts marketed were those where an animal was killed by its 

 mate, and perhaps badly cut up, or where it died out of season, at a 

 time when the pelt was not in its best condition. This year, however, 

 there will be a number of animals killed and the result will be anxiously 

 awaited. 



The price of foxes at present is from $4,000 to $5,000 a pair, which 

 is a very reasonable figure, and it is to be hoped that in the future 

 there will not be any such over-speculation as has occurred in the past. 



