The Nome nugget., 1927-02-26

work on empty yards, and especial ly In the spring when the pups first come out they can ,go on clean ground that hasn't been used all winter. s
 These breeding yards to he In the open with guard fence around all. and outside | these yards an ideal condition is 6ur large yards at least 200 feet long by 100 it. wide. built of inSh mesh with guard fence. and built in the shade of tall trees with the underbrush out, these yards to be used from mid dle summer to about November Is; all adult males to be put into one yard with their tushes cut of q have cut ofY tushes on males for the vast four years without the least bit of bad effect. and 1t stops fighting). all adult females to go in one yard. all male pups in one. and all female pups in one: pups that are small should be kept by themselves As the fox business advances, each rancher will see that these large yards, or turing pens. will be necessary.
 In the open yards today (depefld- ing some on weather conditions the year) one w.I find one out of 12 foxes fit to pelt or to take to Il show. account of being of color, and in most of the cases. this off color is due to the sun; low covered yard Is as bad as the open yard, because the hot sultry wea ther is held under the low shade, and yard partly shaded is about as bad, as fox will go to sleep in the shade and when the sun moves the shade also moves, and the fox won't wake up until the sun Is on him hot enough to make him warm. then you will see him move to another shady spot; if the fox is in the shade, this of color will not he there only once in a while, un- less it is in the breeding, and II out Of 12 foxes will be fit to pelt instead of onu out of 12, l have made these decisions after looking at good many foxes and their conditions. and have seen some very good examples of shaded yards, moving foxes to other yards in the open. Animals of the very same blood. lines and breeding. and feeding. after little while you wouldn't recognize the animals as coming from the same ranch, ar- count of the of color.
 PolygamoHs mating will be car ried on more extensively as the rancler gets accustomed to it, and the semi-circle yards will be biz help in watching the animals, as you are able to see every animal at all times, providing they are not in holes. which is most of the cases in Alaska. l think 1t is Very good thing for foxes to dig holes, for the exercise. but 1t is my opin- ion they should be filled each time before the animal gets out of sight ; ] as one will lose fox once-in- awhile by the ground caving in and sometimes whole litter. Il has been my system that when the cause of losing q fox, to keep think
 ing or observing until rectify it; that is one of the reasons why use maternity hospital, cut tushe. OF males. use the round bottom nest box( etc,
 find few that are a littl, discouraged with the fur farming
 business. but that will be so in an! business. Fur farming is here tt stay. and the ones that Obsery, and use little good judgment vii
 have q very interesting and profit able business. The fur marke
 will vary. without doubt, all mar kets vary. but they are bound tt increase in time. Silver fox is on' of tbe most beautiful furs that il known. and beauty will win witt our fair sex.
 American National Fox Breeder
 Association, 424 Mcknight Build
 ing. Minneapolis. Minnesota, i 1 run hY its mamhers and mt A nro