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inward overhang it should have an outward overhang of barbed 
wire to keep out dogs and other intruders (fig. 15). 
Fig. 12.— An inexpensive type of den. Table in foreground is for the food of parent foxes; by means of it 
young cubs are prevented from obtaining too much meat. 
FOOD. 
Wild foxes eat a wide variety of food, including mice, rabbits, birds, 
insects, and wild fruits. When grasshoppers are present large 
quanities are eaten. Meat, therefore, is only a part of their natural diet. 
Indeed, foxes, like 
dogs, are almost om- 
nivorous, and there is 
less danger in feeding 
any particular kind of 
food than in feeding 
too large quantities at 
irregular intervals. 
The rations of do- 
mesticated foxes in- 
clude beef, horse 
meat, mutton, veal, 
woodchucks, rabbits, 
liver, fish, eggs, milk, 
bread, mashed pota- 
toes, crackers, mush, 
dog biscuits, and soft 
fruits. The selection 
of meats is largely a matter of circumstances. At irregular and 
uncertain intervals one may obtain injured or worn-out but otherwise 
Fig. 13. — Plan for rectangular yards in series; dens within yard 
