. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. BREEDING BLUE FOXES 65 absence of beauty; but its fur, when taken in season, is worth in the London market from $25 to $70 per skin. On various islands along the Alaska coast, especially in the Aleutian Archipelago, about thirty commercial companies and individuals are engaged in breeding Blue Foxes for their. GRAY FOX. fur, some of them with satisfactory success. The foxes are fed daily, on cooked corn-meal and dried fish. They come up to be fed, and when the time comes to


. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. BREEDING BLUE FOXES 65 absence of beauty; but its fur, when taken in season, is worth in the London market from $25 to $70 per skin. On various islands along the Alaska coast, especially in the Aleutian Archipelago, about thirty commercial companies and individuals are engaged in breeding Blue Foxes for their. GRAY FOX. fur, some of them with satisfactory success. The foxes are fed daily, on cooked corn-meal and dried fish. They come up to be fed, and when the time comes to handle and sort them previous to killing the annual allotment, they greatly facilitate matters by the readiness with which they enter box traps. On the Atlantic coast of the United States, none of the efforts that have been made to breed the Blue Fox were suc- cessful. The great decrease in the annual supply of good fur. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937. New York, C. Scribner's Sons


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