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farmers' BULLETIN 795. 



meat until they are four months old, as it is likely to cause rickets. 

 Meat intended for a brood vixen may be fastened to the top of a 

 table out of the reach of her cubs. 



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



Milk, with some sort of bread or cooked mush, is the standard food 

 for old and young. Foxes, which are fed twice a day, usually have 

 meat in the morning and bread or mush and milk at night. In sum- 

 mer the proportion of meat is less than in winter. When smelts or 

 trout can be had they are frequently substituted, but fish is not con- 



