He continued to raise foxes at a farm in Vaudreuil. When the business was badly affected by the 1929 stock market crash, he was named director of the fox furring department at the "Service de l'élevage des animaux à fourrure" of the Quebec government. He wrote a book on the subject entitled ""L'Indispensable" à l'éleveur de renards argentés"; it was published in English translation as ""The Indispensable" for Fox Breeders", translated by Thos. J. Carbray. The Université de Montréal wished to give him an honorary doctorate; however, he preferred to deliver an oral thesis presentation, for which he was granted a Doctor of Science degree ("Docteur ès Science agricole (vulpiculture)"). The fox breeding industry in Quebec did not survive long after the death of its founder, however.