BLUE-FOX FORMING
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rusty. This, however is not con
clusively proved to be the result
of sun bleaching; in some cases it
is due to inferior breeding stock,
which has a tendency to produce
rust color instead of a clear mal
tese.
A happy medium of shade and
sunshine is necessary for the com
fort and health of the foxes. Ev
ery animal likes to be in the shade
during exteremely hot weather. On
the other hand, sunshine is the
best natural means of keeping the
ground clean and sanitary. Some
of the treeless islands have have
scattering brush and shrubbery,
and many of them have luxuriant
growths of grasses and herbaceous
vegetation. Others have little or
no plant life, but much outcrop
ping of bedrock. An island of the
type last described is of little value
for fo raising, not only because
of the lack of sufficient shade but
also because the denning ground
is too limited.
LOCATION AND SOIL
The nortward extension of island
1 fur farms is limited by the neces
sity for freedom from ice bridging
to adjacent lands, either by the
| channel freezing over or by drifting
| ice. It is for this reason that island
! farms in Alaska are restricted
mainly to the southern coast line
and the Aleutian Chain. The south
ward limit is governed by the need
for sufficient cold "weather to pro
duce good fur. Near the mainland,
where the winter tempertures av
erage lower than at the outer coast,
the southern limit will be farther
south than in the mild outer ocean
belt. The mainland area has pro
duced good blue-fox skins as far
! south as Petersburg, and fur farms
I are being started over 100 miles
I farther south. It is possible that
! the island blue-fox zone on the
Pacific coast near the mainland
many extend into northern British
Columbia. Along the outer coast,
blue-fox farms are being establish
ed as far south as Hydaburg, on
the west coast of Prince of Wales
Island, although the winter climate
in the section is exceedingly mild.
Fur farmers on the western islands
of the Aleutian Chain, which also
I have a mild climate, receive sat
| isfactory prices for blue-fox skins.
Blue foxes can be successfully
j raised on any type of soil that is
well drained and affords suitable
shade and denning grounds. It has
not been definitely determined
whether some types of soil are more
I favorable than others to fox para
sites; soils possessing an undue
amount of moisture, however, and
densely shaded situations are fav
orable to their development. The
element sin the soil appear to have
no bearing on the quality of the
fur produced.
The latitude, climate and soil
having been determined, the next
important consideration Is the
proper location for the ranch. Fox
ranches are now established on is
lands in every conceivable location.
Some are found many miles from
civiliaztion, where transportation
by regular means can not be had at
reasonable intervals, where it is
difficult to obtain supplies, and
where the rancher is practically
shut off from many opportunities
for the sale of breeding stock. En
ergetic, progressive men will not
stay long under these conditions,
however, and this makes it difficult
to secure the necessary labor. On
the other hand, an island used for I
fox farming should be at least half j
a mile away from adjacent islands
or the mainland, as the animals
may escape by swimming.
HARBOR FACILITIES
It is possible to operate an island
fur farm which lacks a harbor,
but the disadvantages are extreme
ly great. The value of harbor facil
ities can scarcely be overestimated.
A harbor permits keeping a boat for
use in obtaining feed, in feeding, in
the transportation of skins and
breeding stock and in commuicating
with towns and the mainland.
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