The Kusko times., 1929-12-07
TELLS ON OPERATION OF
 WORLn% ARREST FOX FARM
(Fairbankx News-Miner.)
How Fairbanks. already the center

How Fairbanks. already the center u a growing fur region, may gain a
 | ,.r position i1 this industry was folded in an, intervie with Harry From, one of foun' hrothers who own and operate the largest fur farm in the world.
 The strategic position of Fair banks from climatic. standpoint, he said,, makes it. an ideal location forr the saising of fur bearers. MT. Eromm speaks especially from the angle of the fox farmer, foxes being the sole Fromm product, but he said all. fur bearers should do equally we'll in this country.
 Establishment of an experimental fox farm in Fairbanks or nearby is being seriously considered by MT. Fromm. We have excellent furs now," he said,, "hut in this business you can't stand still; you must either go ahead or behind, and if conditions in Alaska are such that we can inn prove the quality of our fur you may be sure tn atwe will take advantage of them."
 That Mir. Fromm speaks with au- thority on the. subject of fox farni- ing will be realized when it is said that 1000 silver foxes pelted at the Fromm farms last year sold in teh market for $1,5O0,O0O. This was The largest fur deal made by one concern in the history of the industry.
 Possibility that Alaska might be, made the place for pelting of foxes bred in the south if the international highway is put through was sug gested by MT. Fromm, who is an earnest booster for the. road. It is his opinion that the cost of trans porting the animals would be more than offset by the increased value, of the fur.
 "We raise foxes in the southern part of the state of Wisconsin," he explained, land pelt them in the northern part. They are, trucked up to the colder climate, and we find the difference in thu price of. pelts gained through this operation is, often $50 each.
 Big fast trucks are used for the 200-mile. run. They often haul 800 foxes, valued at SIPS, ,OOO;s at load. A single truck load will be worth $25,000 or SO more, when taken north to be pelted. We were laughed at when we first started to do this, and now when it is' suggested that pelt-- ing be done in Alaska it may seem impracticable to many. But in fur farming it; is service,in providing al-- ways finer furs that counts. There; will always be demand for fine furss those who establish, better quality need not worry about. obtaining goods prices.
 eff trucking proved to be too slow over the international highway after the road was first built it might be advantageous to use airplanes. The cost would be high, but SO would be- the added eturns through better quality fur. The big planes in ser vice today could haul many animals at a single trip.
 Another point in favor. of Fair banks from fur raising standpoint is that you get cold weather early in the fall. It's the cold, that comes be- fore Christmas that counts in mak- ing fine fur, not that which comes after. With your early falls, fur could be pelted in time to catch the Christmas trade, something which we find it hard to do."
 MT. Fromm came heres to purchase foxes for experimental purposes and Re has already obtained several in this vicinity. He started out from the Fromm headquarters in Wisconsin for Canada to secure stock, but not