REARING MINK FOR FUTURE EXPORT. —An infant industry in Britain which is being groomed to take its place in the big export programme of the future is mink farming. At present there are very few of these farms in England, but one, which is now rapidly expanding, is at Littlewick, in Surrey. The farm is owned and run by John Sanders, 22-year-old former ex-paratrooper, who began last January with 24 mink, now has 70 and plans to increase to 300 within three years. The living mink is a vicious little animal. The only safe way of handling it is to grasp it firmly by the tail. A lump of fish is lowered into the cage—the mink grabs it between its teeth, and it is then drawn out.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 5 February 1949, Page 5
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127REARING MINK FOR FUTURE EXPORT.—An infant industry in Britain which is being groomed to take its place in the big export programme of the future is mink farming. At present there are very few of these farms in England, but one, which is now rapidly expanding, is at Littlewick, in Surrey. The farm is owned and run by John Sanders, 22-year-old former ex-paratrooper, who began last January with 24 mink, now has 70 and plans to increase to 300 within three years. The living mink is a vicious little animal. The only safe way of handling it is to grasp it firmly by the tail. A lump of fish is lowered into the cage—the mink grabs it between its teeth, and it is then drawn out. Wanganui Chronicle, 5 February 1949, Page 5
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