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BULLETIN 301, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



hours or until she becomes pacified. If she is disturbed by the 

 proximity of other foxes, as sometimes happens, her view should be 

 limited by boarding in the lower 2 or 3 feet of her yard. 



Fig. 19.— Details of entrance, mat, and overhang of a fox yard. 

 CARE OF YOUNG. 



Young foxes are subject to other troubles which, unless corrected, 

 often prove fatal. They may be infested with external or internal 

 parasites, or their mothers may not have enough milk to nourish 



