. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. 32.—Arrangement of underground dens, showing ventila tion, the den properly located in alleyway. to facilitate clean- ing and to permit the removal of foxes or pups. Several holes one-half inch in diameter bored in the cover furnish ventilation. The nest is kept warm by being packed on all sides with dry sawdust, oat hulls, ground cork, leaves, seaweed, chaff, or sand. A solid box with a hole in one end is commonly used for a nest box, but it is impractical from the caretaker's point of view. (Fig. 34.) With such
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. 32.—Arrangement of underground dens, showing ventila tion, the den properly located in alleyway. to facilitate clean- ing and to permit the removal of foxes or pups. Several holes one-half inch in diameter bored in the cover furnish ventilation. The nest is kept warm by being packed on all sides with dry sawdust, oat hulls, ground cork, leaves, seaweed, chaff, or sand. A solid box with a hole in one end is commonly used for a nest box, but it is impractical from the caretaker's point of view. (Fig. 34.) With such a box it is almost impossible to remove a fox or pup without pick- ing up the box bodily and dumping out the contents. If the care- taker reaches in for the purpose of dragging out a fox or pup he is almost certain to be bitten. THE WATCH TOWER, OR LOOKOUT. The watch tower, or lookout, is used for the purpose of observing and study- ing the behavior and habits of the foxes and their conforma- tion, tricks, and gen- eral make-up during various seasons of the year, but more espe- cially during the breeding and whelp- ing periods. It is a most necessary ad- junct to fox raising, and without it on a ranch of more than 10 pens the caretaker is greatly f7T>Q/V7-£Z.£-//S?T/Q/V Fig. 33.—A good type of nest 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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