﻿UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1350 



Washington, D. C. T October, 1925 



BLUE-FOX FARMING IN ALASKA 



By 



FRANK G. ASHBROOK, In Charge of Division of Fur Resources, ; 

 ERNEST P. WALKER, Administrative Officer for Alaska; 

 Bureau of Biological Survey 



CONTENTS 



Pate 



Introduction 1 



Selecting an Island or Ranch Site 7 



Ranch Organization 10 



Essentials o( Breeding , . '. 16 



Essentials of Feeding 19 



Transportation 24 



Pelting 25 



Characteristics of a Good Pelt 28 



Losses from Depredations 29 



Sanitation and Treatment of Disease 29 



Failures and Abandonments 31 



Breeders' Associations and Ranches ....' 32 



White-Fox Farming in Northern Alaska 32 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1925 



