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Edgar Milligan & George Morrison
Edgar Milligan & George Morrison met and joined forces in 1914. Shortly after that they moved their
partnership to Northam Prince Edward Island and established the Milligan and Morrison
Company.
Morrison brought to the partnership a wealth of knowledge and experience in breeding
Alaskan foxes. The two sold no live pairs during this time from 1914 and 1920 but they
instead focused their energies on building up there breeding stock, so by 1920 they had
100 pair of the finest breeding stock anywhere in the world.
It is said that most of there success was due largely to Edgar Milligan for he was
primarily responsible to supervise all breeding and selection at the ranch. After they
had perfected there breeding stock they set out to set up fox farms in other locations
much like a chain store. Soon they had branches in Illinois, Denver, and Idaho, and
there company was attracting international attention.
In 1926 the Milligan and Morrison Co. shipped the largest and most valuable shipment of
live silver foxes to the United Stated. They shipped 855 foxes that were valued
at $796,000.00!
As well as fox farming Milligan and Morrison established one of the most modern and
sophisticated dairy farms anywhere. In 1925 they opened a huge barn at Northam and a
crowd of about 7,000 people were in attendance to view champion livestock exhibitions
and to enjoy the day's entertainment.
Then in 1931 they opened a magnificent oval, horse race track and began the first
night racing ever attempted in eastern Canada.
The careers of Edgar Milligan and George Morrison came to a tragic conclusion on
September 1st 1933 when both men were killed in a car accident in Buffalo, NY on there
way to the fourth Annual Silver Fox School at Woodstock, Ill.
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