INDEX 259 



PAGE 



Big Naked island, leased for fiir-farming 70 



Biological Survey, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, circular of, quoted 96, 108 



Black Banks, early experiment with foxes at 17 



Black, Chandler & Co., statistics from 198 



Black fox breeding 148 



Bhgh island, leased for fur-farming 70 



Blue foxes, in Alaska 149 



breeders of, in Alaska 70 



breeding of 77 



diseases of 78 



of Pribilof islands 71 



selecting breeders 74 



trapping of, on St. George island 73, 79 



white foxes f oimd in litters of 78 



Blue fox-farming 67 



Bokhara, fur monopoly held by 7 



habitat of karakuls 81 



BoKvia, fur production of 187 



protection for chinchilla in 4 



Bonine, Isaac, quoted re raising deer 145 



Bowers, George M., quoted re fox diseases in Alaska 55 



Boyd, M. M., member American Breeders' Association 141 



Brae, Mr., quoted re skunk raising 105 



Brass, Emil, estimates of fox skins by 65, 131, 132 



estimates of world's production of beaver by Ill 



estimates of world's supply of mink by 91 



fur statistics by 191, 192, 216 



fur prices, statistics by 215 



re karakul sheep 81 



quoted re fur production 186, 187 



quoted re raccoon pelts 89 



Breedingj of fur-animals, conclusions of American Breeders' Association, re. . . . 151 



of fur-bearers 148 



of Virginia deer 145 



of Wapiti 144 



Breeding stock, foxes, records of sales of, 60 



British Columbia, beaver in Ill 



fiu:-f arming companies in 251 



BroadtaU furs, reference to 7, 81 



Bruce, fox rancher 15 



Buckskin, price of 154 



Bureau of Manufacturers, report of, on London fur trade 128 



Burrowman, T. L., breeding of foxes by 15, 16 



situation of fox pens of 34 



style of kennel used by 42 



Busby, Wm., blue fox farmer 70 



Butler, W., quoted re the muskrat 159 



Byers, Wm., blue fox farmer 70 



