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Title: Fur-farming in Canada
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Canada. Commission of Conservation. Committee on Fisheries, Game and Fur-bearing Animals Jones, J. Walter
Subjects: Fur-bearing animals
Publisher: Ottawa, The Mortimer Co.
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, there will be no difficulty infinding a market for the skins. At the present time, Asia produces75,000 sable skins annually, and North America 120,000. The ex-perience of rearing the Hudson Bay marten would probably lead tothe domestication of the Siberian marten or Russian sable, which is asmaller animal, but whose fur is much more valuable. As the fur wouldbe more generally favoured and fashionable, besides being more durable,there can be no doubt that the total trade possible in marten skinswould be as great as in all kinds of fox skins combined. Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton says: Of all the animals in my furranch, which include mink, marten, skunk, otter and wild-cats, nonehas responded more quickly to attempts at taming than has the mar-ten. I have great expectations of developing a most manageablestrain. FISHER, PEKAN, OR PENNANT MARTEN(Mustela Pennanti) Only two ranches were found in which the fisher, or pekan, orpennant marten, was kept. The experiments at one of these appeared
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CANADIAN OTTER to be quite successful as far as conducted, the animals being quite tract-able and in good condition. The owners are confident of final success,but no young have yet been produced. The fisher is about two feet long and has a large bushy tail. Atfirst sight, it resembles a black cat, and hence has received that namelocally. It is the swiftest and fiercest of the weasel family and cancatch a marten in an open chase, jumping from limbs even 30 or 40feet high to the ground. When it is known that the marten can catchthe squirrel, the significance of this feat can be appreciated. Ranching methods should be the same as for marten, but on a scaleof twice the dimensions. Mating takes place about March 1. Young,numbering from one to five, are born about May 1. It is believed bymany that they pair in the wild state, but it is probable that one malewill serve for several females in ranches. The rapidly rising-prices of fisher pelts make the possibility ofrearing this valuable fur-b

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