﻿GENERAL 
  ADMINISTRATIVE 
  REPORT. 
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  enterprise 
  has 
  grown 
  steadily 
  until 
  last 
  year 
  they 
  were 
  able 
  to 
  sell 
  

   18 
  pairs 
  of 
  hve 
  foxes 
  at 
  $110 
  a 
  pair 
  and 
  several 
  skins 
  at 
  substantially 
  

   the 
  same 
  rate. 
  

  

  These 
  men 
  aim 
  to 
  keep 
  at 
  least 
  30 
  pairs 
  of 
  breeders 
  on 
  the 
  island; 
  

   and 
  they 
  have 
  some 
  wonderful 
  breeders 
  in 
  their 
  stock, 
  too. 
  Only 
  

   last 
  season 
  two 
  foxes 
  produced 
  a 
  litter 
  of 
  11 
  pups 
  each, 
  and 
  reared 
  

   them 
  without 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  one. 
  Twenty-two 
  foxes 
  from 
  two 
  mothers 
  

   makes 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  those 
  two 
  particular 
  foxes 
  far 
  exceed 
  the 
  worth 
  

   of 
  their 
  fur. 
  

  

  One 
  noteworthy 
  fact 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  this 
  ranch 
  is 
  that 
  although 
  

   the 
  foxes 
  run 
  wild 
  they 
  are 
  noticeabl}^ 
  tame 
  and 
  to 
  some 
  degree 
  

   have 
  really 
  been 
  domesticated. 
  Some 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  their 
  dens 
  

   or 
  burrows 
  under 
  the 
  outbuildings 
  within 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  steps 
  of 
  the 
  

   owner's 
  dwelling, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  no 
  uncommon 
  sight 
  to 
  see 
  them 
  running 
  

   around 
  the 
  yard 
  when 
  strangers 
  are 
  not 
  present. 
  

  

  This 
  farm 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  where 
  constant 
  feeding 
  is 
  necessary. 
  

   Messrs. 
  Peterson 
  and 
  Eckstrom 
  salt 
  from 
  6,000 
  to 
  10,000 
  salmon 
  

   annually 
  for 
  fox 
  food, 
  and 
  also 
  do 
  considerable 
  line 
  fishing 
  for 
  cod 
  

   and 
  other 
  salt-water 
  species 
  which 
  are 
  fed 
  fresh. 
  

  

  The 
  success 
  which 
  these 
  men 
  have 
  achieved 
  in 
  fox 
  raising 
  is 
  attrib- 
  

   uted 
  to 
  the 
  intelligent 
  care 
  and 
  attention 
  they 
  have 
  always 
  given 
  

   their 
  animals, 
  and 
  their 
  generous 
  manner 
  of 
  feeding. 
  Were 
  it 
  not 
  

   for 
  a 
  hberal 
  allowance 
  of 
  food 
  they 
  might 
  experience 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   loss 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  proximity 
  of 
  Kodiak 
  Island, 
  to 
  which 
  their 
  

   foxes 
  would 
  escape 
  if 
  food 
  were 
  not 
  abundant. 
  

  

  Sales 
  from 
  this 
  fox 
  farm 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  yearly 
  since 
  1902, 
  when 
  

   15 
  blue 
  fox 
  skins 
  were 
  marketed 
  at 
  $17 
  each. 
  In 
  other 
  years 
  the 
  

   prices 
  have 
  fallen 
  below 
  this 
  figure 
  only 
  twice, 
  and 
  in 
  1909 
  50 
  skins 
  

   were 
  sold 
  for 
  $40 
  each. 
  The 
  highest 
  price 
  received 
  was 
  for 
  three 
  

   skins 
  in 
  1912 
  at 
  $50 
  each. 
  In 
  1904, 
  1911, 
  and 
  1912 
  live 
  foxes 
  were 
  

   sold 
  for 
  $60, 
  $70, 
  $75, 
  $110, 
  and 
  $100 
  a 
  pair, 
  some 
  25 
  or 
  30 
  pairs 
  

   being 
  sold 
  during 
  those 
  years. 
  

  

  Alfs 
  Island.—ln 
  1904 
  Alf. 
  Packinin, 
  of 
  Uyak, 
  established 
  a 
  fox 
  

   farm 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  island 
  in 
  Uyak 
  Bay. 
  This 
  island, 
  of 
  about 
  40 
  acres 
  

   in 
  area 
  and 
  locally 
  known 
  as 
  Alfs 
  Island, 
  is 
  generally 
  flat 
  and 
  covered 
  

   with 
  birch 
  and 
  cottonwood. 
  The 
  stock 
  consists 
  of 
  about 
  30 
  blue 
  

   foxes, 
  which 
  run 
  wild 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  and 
  are 
  fed 
  on 
  fresh 
  and 
  dried 
  

   fish. 
  The 
  annual 
  output 
  averages 
  12 
  skins, 
  worth 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  

   time 
  about 
  $50 
  each. 
  

  

  Raspherry 
  Island. 
  — 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  fox 
  farms 
  on 
  this 
  island. 
  The 
  

   first 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  owned 
  and 
  operated 
  by 
  Ingwald 
  Loe, 
  who 
  started 
  in 
  

   1911 
  with 
  two 
  pairs 
  of 
  blue 
  foxes. 
  

  

  In 
  laying 
  out 
  the 
  corral, 
  a 
  trench 
  2 
  feet 
  deep 
  was 
  dug 
  around 
  a 
  

   space 
  40 
  b}'^ 
  60 
  feet, 
  and 
  into 
  this 
  trench 
  were 
  set 
  the 
  posts 
  to 
  support 
  

   the 
  wire 
  netting. 
  The 
  feiice 
  was 
  made 
  of 
  6-foot 
  galvanized 
  woven- 
  

  

  