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  property, 
  with 
  what 
  few 
  foxes 
  were 
  left, 
  to 
  his 
  friend 
  August 
  Olson, 
  

   of 
  Kodiak, 
  Alaska, 
  who 
  is 
  the 
  present 
  owner. 
  During 
  the 
  11 
  years 
  

   Mr. 
  Anderson 
  held 
  the 
  island 
  it 
  produced 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  10 
  skins 
  a 
  

   year, 
  having 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  something 
  like 
  $100 
  each. 
  In 
  April, 
  1912, 
  

   he 
  came 
  to 
  Kodiak 
  with 
  20 
  silver 
  gray 
  fox 
  skins, 
  from 
  which 
  he 
  

   expected 
  to 
  reahze 
  at 
  least 
  $3,500, 
  values 
  ranging 
  from 
  about 
  $100 
  

   for 
  the 
  poorest 
  to 
  $500 
  for 
  the 
  best. 
  

  

  Though 
  the 
  beaches 
  furni-^h 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  food 
  of 
  the 
  foxes 
  on 
  

   this 
  island, 
  some 
  feeding 
  is 
  required. 
  For 
  this 
  purpose 
  dried, 
  salt, 
  

   and 
  fresh 
  fish 
  are 
  used. 
  

  

  The 
  island 
  comprises 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  probably 
  600 
  acres, 
  is 
  compara- 
  

   tively 
  high, 
  and 
  without 
  tiinber 
  except 
  alder 
  and 
  birch 
  brush. 
  It 
  

   and 
  a 
  small 
  i 
  land 
  off 
  the 
  west 
  coa'^t, 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Red 
  River, 
  

   claimed 
  by 
  Frank 
  Peterson, 
  are 
  now 
  stocked 
  with 
  silver 
  gray 
  foxes. 
  

   These 
  islands, 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  frequent 
  and 
  prolonged 
  wind 
  storms 
  

   which 
  prevail 
  m 
  the 
  fall, 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  visited 
  at 
  that 
  season 
  without 
  

   excessive 
  cost. 
  

  

  Abram's 
  Island. 
  — 
  About 
  10 
  years 
  ago 
  Abram 
  Gregorioff, 
  of 
  Kodiak, 
  

   began 
  the 
  raiding 
  of 
  blue 
  foxes 
  on 
  what 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  Abram's 
  Island, 
  

   which 
  is 
  located 
  in 
  ]\Iarmot 
  Bay, 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  northern 
  

   end 
  of 
  Spruce 
  Island. 
  It 
  has 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  about 
  400 
  acres, 
  is 
  high 
  and 
  

   well 
  covered 
  with 
  spruce. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  shore 
  is 
  roclvY 
  and 
  precipitous, 
  

   a 
  condition 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  favorable 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  results. 
  Those 
  who 
  

   have 
  given 
  careful 
  consideration 
  to 
  matters 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  are 
  con- 
  

   vinced 
  that 
  the 
  islands 
  most 
  suitable 
  for 
  fox 
  raising 
  have 
  considerable 
  

   beach 
  area. 
  

  

  This 
  ranch 
  has 
  produced 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  skins, 
  probably 
  less 
  than 
  40 
  

   in 
  the 
  10 
  years 
  of 
  its 
  operation. 
  The 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  fur 
  has 
  been 
  

   good, 
  and 
  in 
  recent 
  years 
  the 
  skins 
  sold 
  for 
  approximately 
  $50 
  each. 
  

  

  Where 
  the 
  foxes 
  run 
  at 
  large, 
  as 
  they 
  do 
  on 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  ranches 
  

   in 
  this 
  region, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  animals 
  on 
  hand 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  definitely 
  

   determined. 
  An 
  estimate 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  foxes 
  now 
  on 
  this 
  idand 
  

   is 
  placed 
  at 
  8 
  or 
  10 
  pairs. 
  Scarcity 
  of 
  food 
  is 
  the 
  chief 
  factor 
  in 
  

   retarding 
  the 
  development 
  and 
  productivity 
  of 
  this 
  farm. 
  

  

  NoonyacJc 
  Island. 
  — 
  Noonyack 
  Island, 
  i-ituated 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  

   mile 
  north 
  of 
  Spruce 
  Island, 
  is 
  occupied 
  as 
  a 
  fox 
  ranch 
  by 
  Abram 
  

   Gregorioff, 
  who 
  placed 
  thereon 
  in 
  1898 
  one 
  pair 
  of 
  blue 
  foxes 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  the 
  fox 
  ranch 
  on 
  Derinoff 
  Island. 
  

  

  Since 
  1898 
  about 
  30 
  skins 
  have 
  been 
  sold 
  from 
  this 
  ranch, 
  the 
  

   values 
  and 
  dates 
  of 
  sale 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  obtained. 
  In 
  1911, 
  

   3 
  male 
  and 
  2 
  female 
  live 
  blue 
  foxes 
  were 
  sold 
  for 
  $187.50, 
  and 
  in 
  1912 
  

   a 
  pair 
  was 
  sold 
  for 
  $100. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  stock 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  is 
  estimated 
  at 
  5 
  pairs, 
  and 
  tho 
  

   value 
  of 
  the 
  property 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Buildings, 
  $1,100; 
  vessels, 
  $25; 
  stock, 
  $1,000; 
  total, 
  $2,125. 
  

  

  