“LIVING FURS”
BRED IN BRITAIN. The origin of the furs they wear is probably considered by few ■women. There was unusual interest, therefore, in the exhibition of r-ritish-bred “living furs” which was held in London recently. Over 50 specimens—silver fox. pine marten, nutria, mink, dark and light fitch —were assembled by the British Fur Breeders’ Association to show the public the fur-bearing animals which are now being bred extensively in England. Most of the animals were young and hardly in full fur, but a pair of silver foxes was valued at about £l2O, and some of the mink at £5 each. It is estimated that there are now about 250 fur farms in Great Britain. The liew industry is attracting increasing numbers of men and women.
About 200 delegates from almost every country' in Europe and from Venezuela, Chile, India, and Ceylon attended the International Montessovi Congress held recently at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, to consider the subject, “The Child’s Place in Society.” It is the fifth congress of its kind but the first to be held in England.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 263, 5 October 1936, Page 8
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