The Wrangell sentinel., 1923-06-14
Some Hints On Feeding
 Of Foxes
The Same Being a True and Authen. tic Expose, Formula. and Hodus 0perandi of Feeding Foxes for Health, Etc.
By F. Berry Of Homer, Alaska

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 No less than thirty Fox Tox read. CTS have written to me here in AL aska for my method of feeding. While 1t has ever been an inviola- ble rule of mine to make personal reply to all correspondence. 1t must be obvious to all that to write out such information individually to SO many persons would be a task re- |quiring a regular office force and eq0ipment, neither of which would be compatible in the circumstances. Therefore and for the first time I hereby present you with my best, latest, and what I consider the most scientifically and practically cor rect regimen. both for health and fecundity. pelt and general all- lround perfection.
 Let me take you by the hand and we'll watch the chef go through his paces. This trough thing Is the half sewed lengthwise, of a brand new 56 gallon whiskey cask. resting in Ia four-leg frame. It makes the best dough trough I ever used. This hodge podge in 1t that resembles some of the mashes farmers feed to their poultry and swine is now ready to go into the bake pans and fo hn hoknH olnuyIv mt hpnod Here in this shelf are some of the loaves, and you see. they are about two inches in thickness, firm. brown but not burned. These we cut in four by four-inch pieces. One of these 4x4x2-inch cuts Is the en- tire food supply. plus water, of one adult fox for each 24 hours.
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 Whats that, vary it?. Oh. yes, but that comes later. Surprised7 Well, I'll surprise you more by the information that feed but once daily. Never more than this. often less. And now we'll watch his cookships concoct the dope. See that machine working there? That's a meat grinder-hotel size l-white iron, they called 1t when I bought 1t. It looks 1t. It grinds anything but bones-meat. vege- tables, charcoal. what not. Say we have ten pairs of foxes. All right. we take ten pounds of mixed tur- nips-any kind, rutabagas are best l-potatoes, cabbage, carrots-every thing but onions, celery and such smelly and bitey stuff; all these we cut up and run through this meat grinder just as you see his nibs do- ing here. They come out, you see, in sort of cubes about one-quarter inch in size. Next we have here three pounds whole wheat flour; three pounds corn meal-ground everything but the cob; three pounds ground oats: three pounds ground barley, all their native roughness left in the meal; six pounds shorts. twheat bran) and ten pounds raw meat-beef. horse sheep. whatever you have. run through the meat machine raw: then mix everything first dry. then add two pounds suet. ground raw. or lard or seal grease will do: dis solve one table spoonful of common salt in warm water, and add to the water we now use to mix the whole business up in a stiff dough. Our pans, you see. are about 10x1S inches. Now fill these level full and spat 1t down firmly so 1t will bake solid and hold together. I use no rising. Isn't that simple enough? Why go to all this scrouge to feed fox! have made a study of every organ of the fox anatomy, gastric juices and all. The stomach of an adult fox. unless inflated and distorted all out of proportion through improper feeding, Is about the size of small hens egg. norm al and empty. and about twice the size after eating a full meal. So. you see. one-half the amount of bread feed, when feed 1t, will be eaten, the other half cached for fu- ture needs.
 l I feed at night, at the time of de- parting day when all nature seems most to be in tune, and when Sir Fox comes forth to prowl and
 mouse" and champion his frisky consort against all imaginary dan gers. Five minutes after eating you shall see them all playing, run. | t6eStinpoA ea Pm 1i