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has caused many persons to hope that fox breeding may be 

 developed into a remunerative industry. Except as already 

 noted, no successful experiments in that line have been made, 

 and it is quite desirable that fox breeding in the United 

 States should be taken up under state or national auspices, 

 and wrought out to a successful issue. There is good reason 

 to hope and believe that it might be developed into an im- 

 portant industry. 



The Gray Fox 1 is the fox of the South, but it ranges 

 northward far into the home of the red fox. It is noticeably 

 smaller than the latter, pepper-and-salt gray above, and 

 rust} 7 brown underneath, with a red patch on the side of its 

 neck. For a fox it is very agile, and when hard pressed by 

 dogs it can climb small trees up to a height of twenty feet 

 or more. 



The five subspecies of the Gray Fox extend throughout 

 the southern United States from Florida to California. 



Besides the foxes already mentioned, several other species 

 and races are recognized. 



THE SMALL FUR-BEARERS 



Mustelidae 



A majority of the valuable fur-bearing animals of North 

 America are found in a group of flesh-eaters known as the 

 Marten Family. It contains about fifty full species, and its 

 conspicuous types are the following: 



1 JJ-ro-cy'on cin-e're-o-ar-gen'te-us. 



