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their furs, and the animals were now breeding 

 true and producing only the black phase. 



The United States Department of Agriculture 

 has recently published a farmer's bulletin on 

 the subject of silver fox farming, by Wilfred 

 H. Osgood. It concludes that fox farming 

 should never be attempted south of the southern 

 boundary of the Canadian zone, and it states 

 by way of summary that : ' ' Like most new 

 enterprises, fox raising is a business regarding 

 which opinions vary. The favourable facts are 

 that silver foxes are easily and securely kept 

 in simple wire enclosures; that suitable food 

 for them is cheap and easily obtainable; that 

 they are not subject to serious diseases, and 

 that their disposition and the colour of their 

 fur can be improved by selective breeding. 

 Opposed to these are the unfavourable facts 

 that they are by nature suspicious, nervous, and 

 not inclined to repose confidence in man; and 

 that, largely for these reasons, they do not 

 breed regularly and successfully, except when 

 cared for by experienced persons more or less 

 gifted in handling them. 



" The number of persons now engaged in the 

 business is relatively small, and the work is 



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