Douglas Island news., 1919-10-03
FOX FARMING HAS
 GREAT FUTURE
Predicted That Alaska Wu Become Greatest Fur Producing
 Country m World

uu. utmHu TT. initiative. .u.sInN. and vision n. marucI beIorc any, ono ,ot nm tmt foxes could hc tert i'm captivity and improved by proper rrrc n hreclIrr uc had a Vision tnaI or.e successfully cope mI and her frb.a learned. great Industry might be built w wherein uc world would cease to d.rrI uu.a tre wild and aImica t.un.r ID. m. a... nnI north for .u m n. had initiative and thc .or T h. convictions For murlH. armed rrg uta 0eu r.r... ne rorm.I t.e huns of Au tr looking .or moving .rc..s ou tHc IrrI..r. uI urer Uua.E dseov- sr.I h. patiently watched. tracked arI ou.vr.I Hs quarry mti he had Iu.tcI IT i'm Is home Iaeu. pitching h. fcut .. u convenient l.a.r.. .. lr away as uo, io dis mlb m. U.N and ..o.e enough to watch n. every movement through h.. ra rc a, down and pa- u.rrr uuH.I and watched Weeks mlrn. mmtH. ,frnuen snow and bI.... rr.I by tae a.t.oH. of fbc ou .l.. In. know .hat Iac s.ort hnI conn. -o m. t.s home rhcH mo-. patience and further watching urm m. um. W.. r.n. oro day both nrrs wont hunting and Iet che h.nr mN.. a'or. \ sudden ua.. or m. par. o. .fc watcher and ur.r .H.. cam. homo. ley found r. u.r. t.r. occupying thr.r back r.-I and u man. vIfh O r.r. ani shovel i.eere into and destroy r- n.r Hou.
 Day .r.- I.. night a'.r night without ....n. ..mrt without uour. .rm.rt ne I..r.I and worked. over u.t.huI II. proven. t.. mother from stealing m. uan. mtI mcc. .-.ur.. H. ...... and four or moro nu. ul.. n..u n..l u One bo1. prepared beforehand. Cor .ns ruuo.. T..n m. huut.r collapsed in u..e- exhaustion and the curtain rings down aa m. nr' o., %. thc lr.ma
 Th. eorl ae. shows Che building of m. .orui. One study of .oN nature and disposition and the or- t.ry mh.c.um o M instincts to m. win and pleasure of man rrcr.h.. h-.. Iaet wide arc dug to harIa.n or .rme stratum through which m. nr.m.I. uI mot huuou Wre webbing ufh thc proper mesh e aH or Che floor or tn. Iron.h. covering r completely. and extend. cI mp m. outer wall fo n height o. f.r n. twelve r.e. above fho r- la.. .. m. ground. Hnna-.cI ht long pole. o- r... e.. at convenient .u- ta-u.. rH. trench s th.u fIei Ifun mrInar should 1. encountered n urU. h. ue...v fn cover the whole r..- o. m. corral or pen w.th tr. ar. o. ..uH. leaving sur c.cnt soil i'm which tn. I.s.. may t.r the.r own no.. r.. n.rs ar. 50NiUU f... m.r. o- I.s a..orIue lo room and . ou.n connected hy box rnut.. .- n.ae.. Oue.dc ol thc pom. n .o.sal. o- oater enclosure
 n"er erected tn order co keep ..r.re.-s. dogs and other noises and oInu .Nur Tr. foxes must he se ru-. from .1.I.mont especially whom tHe young .r. born and mu. ther ar. .H'. tH Ino. aner fhe.r own ..Ie.r ln N.H.I mother f1E s arf to destroy. .n her panic. a .hou- ..rr H..H worth o. mr There rur. r.ne. person. arc uot wc- conn. and dogs a-. absolutely pro rnHuI m.I. ol tar lead Hnc which for f..m .s hal, a m.ie away Tho moment . Hr.re. eht or odor rcrrr.. m. pom. tH. stampede .s ou and within Ihe HI.ser or nm cyeid m. rr-r devoid Of foxes b.r or uue.
 crr1t 0.rc must h. exercised as 'o ue.r food likewise. The foz s uo. n he cater and oa. ol thc first ies son. to learn s mot fo orerteed u r.u In. easily dorr and most of m. m. .annrc Ioz oe.a !. heir .o. com. from too great generosity ou th. part o. .c keeper at dinner tmc Especial attention s paid to On, d... .l m. hlb.rs and lnc mother and fresh .lr. are not considered tol e-.at a d.Hoa.g tor .hem at tha ume
 Fox farming s n Its nf1ncy b tns territory huf .hc-e Is uo c0m tr m he world better suited n topography geography and si.msu for che 1eane Q. foxes and 1the Fur bearing aa.maIr It h theH rarre hrh.rat ffrr natural food . hare Hahhr. rh and norown arc plentiful especially Che muc. msrrfrrHooI "nn-.y The iozc fnrv .ose n.s Uc.h and .s so uumer ous and accommodating iu ports lha he win como to your back door an