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mink, skunk, muskrat, raccoon and a few other animals have been domes- 
ticated on fur farms. 
Number of Fur Farms.—There were 109 fur farms in Quebec in 
1921, of which 104 were fox farms, compared with 80 establishments in 
1920. The value of lands and buildings in 1921 was $173,204 and that 
of the animals was $430,607. Foxes born on the farms in the same year 
numbered 993 and the total number of animals at the end of the year was 
1,336. The number of fur farms increased to 617 in 1926, value of lands 
and buildings to $636,563, and the value of the animals to $1,569,342. 
‘See page 108.) 
DAIRYING 
A Long-Established Industry.— Cattle were first permanently 
brought to the continent of America, north of the Spanish settlements 
in Florida, by Champlain, the founder of Quebec. In his journal of the 
vear 1610. he mentions the cutting of hay for the cattle, and a map of 
Buildings on a farm where dairy industry is one of the main activities 
Quebec published in 1613 shows a place where ‘hay was grown for the 
cattle”. The colony established a farm at Cap Tourments and had sixty 
or seventy head of cattle there in 1629.