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Show Ionising of Foxes. . 'The. raising of foxes for their fur3 1; ; -v is becoming an Industry of consider- t;'-able Importance. A shipment ot V 12.fi cub foxes, estimated to be worth $100,000 or nearly 5S00 apiece, re- 1 , cently arrived at Vancouver on a Canadian Pacific Railway steamer sj from Skagway.' Alaska. Tney wcro purchased from white and Indian ; trappers' ln Alaska and the Yukon j-Canadian j-Canadian territory, and consist of red, black and sliver gray foxes. . ,i One pair of black foxes ln the lot was estimated to be worth 5 10,000 when fully grovvn. The foxes arc W being shipped cast to tne fox farm? ; In New Brunswick, Prince EdwanI ; Island and the Eastern States. y; Since the opening of the jison ! It Is reported that 219 live foxes. ranging from silver gray to crofs ;, and valued at $320,000. have been shipped from Edmonton. Alberta, .i to points In Enstern Cannda and tha ': United Stales. Included In this lot were 10 young black foxes, which j were sold to a New York firm at 53,000 apiece.' Several black foxes - died after being sold for V--500, . 8 cash. Owing to the Increased supply g of tho rare breeds from tne north- Bj ern latitudes of the Nprthwcst I" the last two or three years, the price , B of these animals has decreased fro10 . I 25: to 50 per cent (M tZ i |