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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  other 
  sources 
  meat 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  foxes 
  with 
  food 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  

   season 
  when 
  the 
  natural 
  supply 
  is 
  insufficient. 
  Whale 
  meat, 
  when 
  

   available, 
  and 
  salted 
  salmon 
  have 
  been 
  utilized. 
  Due 
  to 
  the 
  lack 
  

   of 
  cold-storage 
  facilities 
  the 
  food, 
  usually, 
  has 
  been 
  preserved 
  by 
  

   salting. 
  A 
  considerable 
  loss 
  of 
  foxes 
  on 
  St. 
  George 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  

   1913-14 
  was 
  attributed, 
  in 
  part, 
  to 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  too 
  much 
  salt 
  food. 
  

   In 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1914-15 
  all 
  salted 
  food 
  was 
  freshened 
  in 
  water 
  before 
  

   being 
  used 
  and 
  the 
  marked 
  improvement 
  in 
  the 
  herd 
  this 
  season 
  

   was 
  probably 
  due 
  in 
  large 
  measure 
  to 
  this 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  condition 
  

   of 
  the 
  food. 
  The 
  Pribilof 
  Islands 
  present 
  a 
  very 
  favorable 
  field 
  for 
  

   developing 
  and 
  improving 
  methods 
  of 
  practical 
  fox 
  farming. 
  

  

  TAKING 
  OF 
  FOX 
  PELTS. 
  

  

  St. 
  Paul 
  Island, 
  Fall 
  op 
  1913. 
  

  

  The 
  fox 
  traps 
  were 
  set 
  out 
  at 
  noon, 
  November 
  23, 
  1913, 
  and 
  taken 
  

   in 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  hour 
  on 
  the 
  29th. 
  The 
  detailed 
  catch 
  at 
  the 
  different 
  

   trapping 
  camps 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  table: 
  

  

  Take 
  op 
  Fox 
  Pelts, 
  St. 
  Paul 
  Island, 
  November, 
  1913. 
  

  

  Average 
  weights 
  for 
  both 
  sexes 
  were: 
  Blue 
  foxes, 
  10.93 
  pounds; 
  white 
  foxes, 
  11.48 
  pounds; 
  all 
  foxes, 
  11.01 
  

   pounds. 
  

  

  