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INDEX 



of domestication, 275; rear- 

 ing wapiti for profit, 276; 

 rearing vvhitetail deer, 278. 



Deer-mice, 68. 



Doane, Prof. R. W., 23, 152. 



Enemies of rodents, 185. 



Elk, 273. 



Ermine, 242; his family, 245; 



habits, 250 et seq. 

 Exterminating rodents, 191. 



Fencing against wild animals, 

 240. 



Ferrets, 32. 



Fisher, 243. 



Flying-squirrel, 138 ; charm 

 of, 140; family life of, 141. 



Fox, 206 et seq.; the kit-fox, 

 206; gray fox, 208; arctic 

 fox, 209; red fox, 210; 

 value of fox fur, 212; vari- 

 ability of the red fox, 214; 

 fox farming, 214; area 

 suited for, 215; arrange- 

 ment of breeding quarters, 

 216; form of enclosures, 

 217; easy to keep, 220; food 

 and feeding rules, 221; re- 

 production and treatment 

 of young, 224; importance 

 of good care, 226; breeding 

 for improved stock, 227; 

 preparation of skins, 230; 

 expectation of profit, 231. 



Fox-squirrel, 133; peculiari- 

 ties of, 136. 



Fumigation of rodents, 190. 

 Fur-bearing animals, 242 et 

 seq.; Canadian, 243. 



Goat, Rocky Mountain white, 

 284. 



Gopher, 112 et seq.; burrow- 

 ing powers, 114; destruc- 

 tive to crops, 117; enemies 

 to orchards and forests, 

 118; tap irrigating ditches, 

 121; as soil makers, 122; 

 traps for, 307. 



Gopher-snake, 189. 



Gray squirrel, 133; peculiari- 

 ties of, 136. 



Ground-hog, 160. 



Hardy, Manly, 130, 132. 

 Harvest-mice, 68. 

 Hornaday, W. T., 287. 

 Horses, wild, pest of, 280. 

 House of the wood-rat, 99. 



Japanese jumping mice, 38, 



107. 

 Jones, C. T., 287. 



Kangaroo rats, 107, 109. 



Lantz, David E., 0, 9, 10, 15, 

 18, 48, 58, 80, 118, 192, 234, 

 240, 253, 275, 299. 



Marten, 242; Canadian, 243; 

 Pennant's, 243 ; stone-mar- 

 ten, 254. 



