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FARMERS ' BULLETIN 795. 



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>y a guard fence is 

 when side by side 

 row. Two plans of 

 ranches are shown 

 es 13 and 14, the 

 compartments being 

 for males. The 

 expense for posts 

 and scantlings 

 in building a 

 rune h on the 

 plan of figure 13 

 is less than for 

 the plan of fig- 

 ure 11, inasmuch 

 as adjacent 

 yards have a 

 common frame 

 between them. 



Fig. 9. — Double-walled don ; exterior broken to show inner den 

 (see figs. 7 and 8). 



But the extra cost of building detached pens as 

 shown in figure 11 is more than compensated for 

 by the greater convenience in caring for the animals and in con- 

 trolling them in case they escape from their yards. If a fox gets out 

 of its yard, it is sure to be discovered in one of the alleys, whence its 



return to its proper — TC 



quarters is a simple I — '- ' r^Mp 



matter. 



The supports of a 

 fence are ordinarily 

 wooden posts, set in 

 the ground at inter- 

 vals of from 12 to 

 16 feet. The heav- 

 ing effect of frost, 

 however, has caused 

 many fox owners to abandon them for a framework of scantlings 

 entirety above ground. The foundation may be of stone, concrete, 



Fig. 10. — Den improvised from a box. 



