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Foxes, red, decrease in pelts of 5 



increase in price of pelts of 5 



silver, decrease in pelts of 5 



increase in price of pelts of 5 



a precious fur-bearer 14 



sales of skins 136 



removal of male from pens 47 



sldn diseases of 52 



skirming of 58 



slauglitering of, for fur 57 



treatment of, for distemper 53 



for inflammation of eyes 53 



for ringworm 53 



Fox skins, production of 132 



yield of, on St. George island 79 



Fox, white, decrease in pelts of 5 



increase in price of pelts of 5 



reference to 7, 78 



Fox surgery 54 



Fox Tax Act, P. E. Island, reference to 165 



Foxcroft, Me., early experiments with foxes at 16 



Fox-farming, in Alaska 67 



in Canada 15 



capital invested in 2 



causes of early failure 18 



early development of industry 15, 16, 17 



financial aspects of industry 59 



progress of, in 1909 18 



speculative at present 60 



France, fur production of 189 



fur trade of 129 



rabbit skins frcm 129 



Frankfort-on-the-Oder, fur fair at 126 



Fraser, Alf , ed, tables re pelts by 5 



Friend, Neb., elk and deer breeding at 145 



Frost, Wesley, quoted, '•e effects of climate on fur 32 



i}ig5 quoted re fox industry in P. E. Island 61 



Fur, effect of climate on 32 



the romance of 156 



sales of Ealton, Charles 134 



Gordon, J. S 135 



Hudson's Bay Co 203-213 



Lampson, (C. M.) & Co 130, 252 



Fur animals, rules for handling 151 



Fur-bearers, American Breeders' Association, report of, quoted 147 



capturing live 30 



cruelty of trapping of 10 



domestication of 11, 12 



farmed 1 



