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BULLETIN 301, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



healthy horses, old sheep that can not be fattened for mutton, all of 

 which, when slaughtered, make good and cheap meat. Wherever 

 available, whale meat is used extensively. Woodchucks and rabbits, 

 freshly killed, are always welcome in a fox yard. When cheap meats 

 fail, beef and poultry are used. 



Fig. 14.— Plan for square detached yards; dens and doors in alleys. 



Fortunately, foxes do not need meat every day. Some keepers 

 feed it but two or three times a week. Young foxes are not allowed 

 meat until they are four months old, as it is likely to cause rickets. 

 Milk, with some sort of bread or cooked mush, is the standard food for 

 old and young. Foxes which are fed twice a day usually have meat 

 in the morning and bread or mush and milk at night. In summer the 

 proportion of meat is less than in winter. When smelts or trout can 

 be had they are frequently substituted, but fish is not considered 



