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will scion clear tlieiii out. I have on two or three oc- 

 casious tried this wav of dealinj;- with .Mire, and ciu li 

 time it was successfnl. 



SOME METHODS OF TRAPPING FOXES. 



Foxes are exceedingly wary and they are among 

 the most difficult of all animals to catch in traps. 

 Sometimes, but not often, Foxes are caught in a dead- 

 fall. Senator Lafayette Rowland, of IMke county, 

 where Foxes are numerous, who lost a great maiiy 

 chickens and turkeys from the repeated visits of these 

 sneaking animals, which came from their dens in the 

 mountains about a half mile from his premises and 

 carried off the poultry in the daytime as well as in the 

 night, has pi'acticed a novel plan with good success 

 of capturing them. He describes it as follows: 



"I built a slat pen or coop in a woods back of my house ami 

 put a rooster and duck in it and left a couple of slats at one end 

 so the Fox, by a little effort, could get in. The first night he 

 came to the coop but did not find the place to go in. He re- 

 turned the second night and got in and killed the duck but the 

 young rooster got away. I then threw some chickens' heads and 

 meat in the pen and shot some sparrows and threw them with 

 the heads and entrails of ducks and chickens on the ground 

 about the pen andi continued to bait the Foxes in this way for 

 about a week. Then I took four strong steel traps and covered 

 them over with moss, leaves and dirt — very loosely placed so 

 covering would not clog the traps and prevent them from hold- 

 ing the Fox — and set them at different places around the pen, 

 where another duck was confined. This plan worked admirably 

 and I caught several Foxes." 



THE TRAP .\ND BED. 



To be successful in trapping Foxes, it is absolutely 

 necessary that your steel trap should be clean and 

 free from mst, and it should not be handled with the 

 bare hands; always handle your trap with gloves; 



