316 
of domestication, 275; rear- 
ing wapiti for profit, 276; 
rearing whitetail deer, 278. 
Deer-mice, 68. 
Doane, Prof. R. W., 23, 152. 
Enemies of rodents, 185. 
Elk, 273. 
Ermine, 242; his family, 245; 
habits, 250 et seq. 
Exterminating rodents, 191. 
Fencing against wild animals, 
240. 
Ferrets, 32. 
Fisher, 243, 
Flying-squirrel, 138; charm 
of, 140; family life of, 141. 
Fox, 206 et seq.; the kit-fox, 
206; gray fox, 208; arctic 
fox, 209; red fox, 210; 
value of fox fur, 212; vari- 
ability of the red fox, 214; 
fox farming, 214; area 
suited for, 215; arrange- 
ment of breeding quarters, 
216; form of enclosures, 
217; easy to keep, 220; food 
and feeding rules, 221; re- 
production and treatment 
of young, 224; importance 
of good care, 226; breeding 
for improved stock, 227; 
preparation of skins, 230; 
expectation of profit, 231. 
Fox-squirrel, 133; peculiari- 
ties of, 136. 
INDEX 
Fumigation of rodents, 190. 
Fur-bearing animals, 242 e¢ 
seq.; Canadian, 243. 
Goat, Rocky Mountain white, 
284. 
Gopher, 112 et seq.; burrow- 
ing powers, 114; destruc- 
tive to crops, 117; enemies 
to orchards and forests, 
118; tap irrigating ditches, 
121; as soil makers, 122; 
traps for, 307. 
Gopher-snake, 189. 
Gray squirrel, 133; peculiari- 
ties of, 136. 
Ground-hog, 160. 
Hardy, Manly, 130, 132. 
Harvest-mice, 68. 
Hornaday, W. T., 287. 
Horses, wild, pest of, 280. 
House of the wood-rat, 99. 
Japanese jumping mice, 38, 
107. 
Jones, C. T., 287. 
Kangaroo rats, 107, 109. 
Lantz, David E., 6, 9, 10, 15, 
18, 48, 58, 80, 118, 192, 234, 
240, 253, 275, 299. 
Marten, 242; Canadian, 243; 
Pennant’s, 243; stone-mar-. 
ten, 254, : : 
