Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-12
Fortunes Out
of Fox Farming
in Canada

Charlottetown. Prince Edward ISL
and, April III one should spend
the summer. or any part OF the year
for that matter. In the maritime pro-
vince. one would hear d great deal of
talk relative to the fox Industry. es-
pecially OF the island. the baby pro-
vince Of the Dominion. and would
likely become much interested In the
subject, for Il IL the principal topic
Of conversation.
II may surprise many readers 20
learn that the business IL one Of the
most rcmunerative on this continent.
Investments In the Nippissing mines
or Western lands are not 90 be com
pared with those OF the little black
foxes.
To illustrate: Last fan a company
az Summerside, y. T.. T., purchased
three foxes. one male and two females
from prominent breeder Of the pro-
, vince. and paid $4,000 FOR them. Ear
~ In the winter the company sold "a
third interest Ia the ranch for the
same amount and since then that
same interest has been resold for al
most double what was paid for IL.
And here ~ another instance; only
few months ago leading breeder
parted with a pair OF these siiver-tip-
ped beauties giving guarantee of
litter of not less than two Young
foxes 1they have from three to sevenl
going with the sale for the considera-
ton OF $2O.0oO.
one gets an idea OF the extent Of
this industry when one hears from
reliable authorities that there are ov-
81 800 black and silyer-gray foxes Ia
| captivity on the island alone, and
ranches are not unknown In Nova
| Scotia. New Brunswick and New
! foundland.
IIa~ Made Millions.
! For number al years the business
! was carried on without ostcntation
/ boy parties who shipped the fur 20
England and made substantial for
tunes thereby, but the man, Dalton 10y
| name, who first conceived the idea
81 fox farms, is now a multlmillion-
aire.
what people know about Dalton,
apart from his wealth is largely fic-
tion. for ne refuses To divulgo or ne
interviewed. Consequently Fabric
of legend and rumor has been woven
about his early operations, But Il Is
generally conceded that he first tooh
the notion of raising foxes when ~
heard that a Hitter had been fond OF
his premises In which there were some
So called black pups.
lie knew the black fellows Cor mig
gers" as they are sometimes called
were rare and very valuable lie Sc
cured them and hreeded them In cap
tivity
4 rs queer coincidence. so the 0l,
men say, second litter was found b!
a party OF sportsmen on the islan'
vino disposed of them tn certain
Captain nulion as sort 90 curiosity
, Dalton hearing OF u preached his plal
, 80 The captain ANA they entered int
partnership, putting an of their foXe
, together For fifteen years the
, carried On their experiments IN fox
breeding with some revcrses az first
but ultimately With the greatest sue
cess.
- One obstacle after another va
8 overcome. resulting IN tn sccurln
[ ot "a fine black strain--the Kind tina
y commands the biz prices on the Lon
, don market Foxes captured in adj
= Joining provinces. even Maine. Cap
= Breton and Labrador. were iutrodue
ed into the ranch "a Improve IA
+ breed
4 Corner" Finally Broken.
About five years ago this corner
n In foxes was broken up The part
nors had refused 10 sell any OF the
\ live animals ana thoCe was no oppoi
). tunity for any one else 60 break int
u the game. However the story run
- that a farmer called Tuplin FINAL
!. persuaded the old captain "a sell hil
y pitch" fox hair red half blacl
. which he claimed he wanted as a pc
4 lils design was 20 mate II with N
u common garden variety OF red q
Z. aud see IL he could get some "nisger,
from the combination.
n Tuplin meeting with success Nv h
70 breeding. soon had plenty OF pups q
a. hand, Tor foxes DO not believe In rae
"a suicide. II Is now possible 10 ht
e. foxes pedigroed as you Hike, as "a
a would cattle. dogs or sheep.
From the lieutenant governor
~ the province down to the simple Il
lers of thc SOIL (and. by thr way {
.e YOU know that the =, y !. potato
L. and the g. T.. l. oysters are the be-
"a IN the world2l the ISLANDERS are ver
ID INK on roN craginess
IL No motor cars are allowed In a
~ province (timc was when they were
81 rat there h a little railroad whl'
runs the fun length Of the islam
- aud n Ihe summer steamboats, y
.e between ChailoltetOWn The capit'