lbs. of butterfat. That water at present prices of dairy butter, says 50 cents per pound is worth $1.50.

Creamery butter, if good, should contain 10% of moisture or 10 pounds of water to 100 pounds of butterfat and at present prices of 62 cents per lb. is worth $9.92 or the man who sells his butterfat at the present time as creamery butter receives $8.42 more for moisture than he does if he sells dairy butter. There is also a serious loss in dairy buttermilk.

Now in order to profit to the full extent of the advantages given by a butter factory, the patrons should so arrange their dairy work that it would be most profitable to the factory. One half or more of the cows should freshen in the fall or early winter. You get 10 to 22 cents more for butter sold in winter and early spring; you are milking and attending to calves when there is no rush of farm work; the cows will milk as well if properly fed as if on the grass; the cows will milk longer on account of being on the grass at that period when they naturally have a tendency to dry off.

Your cream will keep longer and will need to be gathered only once a week. There is no ice cost in storing butter; thereby lessening the cost of running expenses.

The factory must sell its product through a reliable dealer and that dealer must have creamery butter for his patrons through win- ter, so that he has got to look for someone who makes butter in win- ter; then when we want to sell to him again we find him selling the goods of a factory who makes butter in winter and if it is as good as ours he will continue to handle theirs.

Mr. Walter Lea of Victoria, in four months from ten cows, four of which are 2 years old, has got from the Crapaud Creamery $805.00. You can do it after awhile. Why not try?

W.I-l. Dennis

THE FOX INDUSTRY

The great fox boom of the late 1800’s - early 1900’s was a means of overnight success for the people of West Prince. Oulton and Dalton from Tignish achieved great wealth by raising black foxes in captivity. In the peak of the boom a pair of foxes could sell for $35,000.00 but $1,500.00 was the common price The people who understood the fox business had the most magnificent houses, best equipped barns, and the most money. Fortunes were made, lost and re-established in the course of a few years.

One of the most prominent figures in the fox industry was George Matthews. He was a successful lawyer and raised foxes. He

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