. Fox ranching in trespass from without andthe escape of foxes which may have accidentally gained their freedom from thebreeding pens within. Construction of Fox Enclosures In order to give a rough idea of the construction of a fox enclosure, a briefdescription of the usual method of mapping out the plot and erecting the pens willbe given. When the site has been selected, and decision has been reached as to thenumber and area of the breeding pens required, the first main alleyway, runningthrough the centre of the plot, should be staked out. The number and width of mainalleyways will d
. Fox ranching in trespass from without andthe escape of foxes which may have accidentally gained their freedom from thebreeding pens within. Construction of Fox Enclosures In order to give a rough idea of the construction of a fox enclosure, a briefdescription of the usual method of mapping out the plot and erecting the pens willbe given. When the site has been selected, and decision has been reached as to thenumber and area of the breeding pens required, the first main alleyway, runningthrough the centre of the plot, should be staked out. The number and width of mainalleyways will depend on the size of the proposed ranch, but it is advisable to make them wide enough to allow an ordinary wagon to be drawn through. In Canadianranches these passageways vary from 10 feet to 25 feet in width. One alleywayshould be provided for each two rows of pens. When these main passageways are lined off, the pens between them are thenstaked, leaving at least three feet between each pen. If this space is not provided,. foxes in adjoining pens may injure each other. In the earlier days of fox ranching,adjoining pens were built too close, so that the occupant of one pen could thrust aleg through the wire fence. It is a peculiar psychological trait that two foxes maylive harmoniously in one pen and just as soon as they are separated by a wire parti-tion may become unfriendly and snap and bite at each —2 6 Commencing at the inside of the line formed by the stakes on each side of thepen plot, a trench 2£ feet wide and at least 2 feet deep is dug around each pen trench allows the posts to be inserted and the wire framework forming the wallsof the enclosure to be embedded in the ground. The area of each pen should not beless than 700 square feet. The posts for the framework are preferably of cedar about 4 inches in dia-meter at the top and at least 11 feet in length so as to allow for a 9-foot wire wall,measuring from the surface of the ground. After the tr
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