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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1350 
Washington, D. C. T October, 1925 
BLUE-FOX FARMING IN ALASKA 
FRANK G. ASHBROOK, In Charge of Division of Fur Resources, and 
ERNEST P. WALKER, Administrative Officer for Alaska; 
Bureau of Biological Survey 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Introduction 1 
Selecting an Island or Ranch Site • 7 
Ranch Organization 10 
Essentials of 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 
