MINOR FUR-BEARING ANIMALS. 137 
At Rampart there is a fox farm which was established in 1913. 
This farm is owned by Clem Anderson, and the results which he 
obtained from a very medium grade of foxes are worth noting. In 
the year 1914 a pair of cross foxes produced a litter of 3 crosses, 1 
silver, and 2 reds. From the same pair in 1915 he obtained 5 crosses 
and 3 reds. Another pair of crosses in their first litter in 1915 pro- 
duced 5 crosses and 1 black. Also in 1915 he obtained from a pair 
of red foxes a litter of 6 red foxes and 1 silver. His foxes are very 
tame and he feeds them on a diet of fish and rabbits. His farm is 
located on a high, dry bank of the Yukon and has cost him about 
$5,000. 
MISCELLANEOUS FUR FARMING. 
Fox farming is carried on to some extent on the islands westward 
of the Kodiak-Afognak group, though the Bureau does not have 
complete information in regard to individual operations. The 
Department of Agriculture has jurisdiction over matters pertaining 
to the propagation of fur-bearing animals within the Aleutian Islands 
Reservation and is endeavoring to assist the natives in work of this 
‘kind. 
Andrew Grosvold, of Sand Point, Alaska, has been interested in 
blue foxes for a number of years. He states that he has placed foxes 
on Caton, Sarana, and Omla Islands, of the Sannak group; Cherna- 
bura and Big Goose Islands, of the Sandman Reefs; and Andronica, 
Bird, and Chernabura Islands, of the Shumagin group. Mr. Grosvold 
also has a lease from the Department of Commerce for the use of 
Little Koniuji Island, Shumagin group, for fur-farming purposes. 
J. C. Smith, of Sand Point, Alaska, has a similar lease for Simeonof 
Island. It is understood that 10 pairs of blue foxes were placed on 
Simeonof Island in 1895; that no trapping was done until in 1901, 
when 50 skins were taken, 125 in 1902, 80 in 1903, 34 in 1904, 62 in 
1906, 46 in 1908, 34 in 1910, 14 in 1911, 10 in 1912, and 12 in 1914. 
Joseph Voelkl and Ben Waiczunas, Eighteen Mile Post, Haines, 
reported having a stock of 1 black, 16 cross, and 2 red foxes, and 9 
minks. : 
Thomas Steffensen and Wm. V. Perry, of Eureka, reported a stock 
of 4 foxes and 11 minks. 
John Fanning, of Wrangell, reported a stock of 3 martens and 3 
minks. 
L. G. Michael, of Franklin, had in his possession a number of foxes 
in 1915. One litter was born in that year. 
Alex. A. Seaholm, of Hot Springs, reported a stock of 6 cross foxes 
and 4 martens. 
Isaac Fisher, of Anvik, reported a stock of 6 foxes. 
