Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-05-25 | Page 19 | Canadian Farmer to Raise Beaver

HE FIE SALT LAKE CANADIAN FARMER TO RAISE BEAVER Will Turn Threatened Disaster Disaster Disaster Dis Dis- aster Into Profit ED EDMONTON ION ON Alta AHa May 25 Beaver neaver Beaver farming has been Inaugurated in Al Al- berta It promises to become popular and In time beaver fur may take rank with wheat as an annual crop among the small farmers of th the province S. S V W. Paisley of Lacombe is the pioneer pioneer pio plo neer of the new Industry Beaver neaver had established two colonies on his farm fann They had built numerous dams In creek and were Inundating his fields It become evident the beaver would control his farm If ho he did not control the beaver Under permit from the tho provincial government he ho the beaver Ina in ina ina a mesh wire fence built above and below their dams and for foe a hundred yards or so along the banks some fifty tiny feet back from tho the waters water's edge He cut gaps In the tops of the dams to regulate the flow of water and prevent prevent prevent pre pre- I vent the Hooding flooding of his farm land lIe He will plant turnips and carrots within the Inclosure to supplement the wild I food supply of the tho animals I When the tho beaver have hav-e multiplied I sufficiently he will begin trapping Ho Ill will carefully limit the number he I kills to insure a. a a gradual Increase Inthe in inthe inthe the population of the colony to a desired de desired desired de- de sired maximum He believes the beaver beav beav- er will prove more profitable than a flock nock of sheep of equal lumbers umbers and can be bred with less trouble and ex ex- ex pense If It his beaver farm yields I beaver pelts annually It will mean a I clear profit of around 2000 II Western Vestern Canada is the native home of the beaver Its streams swarmed i J I with the animals But nut the old beaver meadows are now prosperous farms and the Hudsons Hudson's Bay nay company is now closing out outto to farm settlers the rich prairie lands on which its trappers once collected vast wealth In furs