noticed that the quality of the pelts are 
at least one hundred per cent better 
than when I was relying solely on my 
trap lines.. The marten especially have 
responded to my molasses treatment. 
And all the animals have shown the 
benefit of good treatment. It is true 
that some of them have not taken kindly 
to being in cages, but ninety per cent 
of them have got accustomed to their 
imprisonment. I try to give them con- 
ditions as near like their native sur- 
rounding as possible. I let them have 
plenty of stuff to eat from the house, 
and they have grown much bigger, and 
their pelts much better than if they 
were running through the woods. And 
then again there is no damage inflicted 
on them by the traps. When I killed 
them I knew I hada valuable skin. I 
believe that such animals as marten, 
muskrat and skunk can be developed 
into bearing pelts that will prove just 
as attractive as seals, etc., to the ladies 
of America. Some of my marten look 
like super-marten. 
“T believe that the campaign of the 
propagandists, people who would do 
away with the getting of furs entirely, 
can be offset by breeding the animals. I 
know that the stuff about cruelty to 
animals in trapping is greatly exag- 
gerated, and that in only a few in- 
stances do the animals suffer much. 
But the general public may be influ- 
enced by the talk, and the open seasons 
on fur bearing animals may be stopped 
entirely. It was with that end in view 
that I got my fur farm in action. 
N the face of it one would think that 
breeding fur bearing animals out- 
side of foxes and lynx, would not be 
satisfactory. The general opinion is 
that the animals would pine away and 
die on your hands. But I claim that if 
the animals get plenty to eat, and are 
placed under conditions similar to their 
native haunts, the animals can be 
‘raised successfully. It may be some- 
’ what tough at the start, but the ani- 
mals will soon adapt themselves. 
Plenty of food will soon cure their 
homesickness. I know it did with my 
animals. I was told that the marten 
and muskrat would not live to maturity 
in my cages. But not more than ten 
per cent have died before becoming val- 
uable. 
“In my connection of twenty years 
with the fur business, including trap- 
ping, buying and selling, I have seen 
the advance made in the trade. Old 
methods have given away to new ideas, 
although in many cases, the new ideas 
were laughed at when first introduced. 
In those twenty years, a big increase 
has been made each year in the num- 
ber of furs shipped out of eastern Can- 
ada to the United States. New York 
City has become the recognized center 
of the fur trade for America. 
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