W SILVER FOX INDUSTRY The first silver foxes on P. E. I . were dug out of a den in the woods in the vicinity of Tignisf by a man named Lamb, who sold them to Benjamin Heywood . From 1907 till 1912 steady progress was made in the fox industry and the best skins brought from $1,500 to $2,600, four times as much as the sales of the Company's wild Silvers. Till the year 1910 fox breeding was a monopoly enjoyed by six concerns, and they sold no foxes aln During 1912-1913 the fox industry expanded, and spread to Nova Scotia , New Brunswick and Ontario and later to Quebec and Western Canada . Prices rose during the fall of 1913 to $10,000 a pair, and even to $25,000 for proven breeders. The foxes were raised in kens constructed of wire, which were dug underground to keep the foxes from escaping. The Silver Fox Breeders Association was formed in 1913 with the object of conserving the interests of the breeders and protecting purchasers from fraud or misrepresentation. The head office of this Association was in Summerside . Judson Simpson had the first fox ranch in Belmont. Later almost every farmer had some foxes. Two of the large fox ranchers were Earl MacLaurin and Elijah Simpson . FISHING In early times almost all the men of Belmont were engaged in fishing - chiefly lobsters, oysters and smelts. LOBSTERS Lobsters were very plentiful in and often could be picked up on the rocks along the shore. At first, hoop-traps made from wagon wheel rims and netting were used to catch lobsters; and it is said that the first to build traps as in 18