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BLUE-FOX FARMING
^ Continued from J-«n&o
I mals trapped are killed. In this
I way the best may be killed and the
I poorest left for breeding stock. By
j use of trap-feed houses, however,
I the poorest animals can be killed
and the best liberated for breeders.
On islands formerly producing pelts
having a high percentage of white
hairs, this condition has now large
ly been eliminated by following
this system, and the stock is dark
er and clearer colored.
Grading is the mating of a corn
man or relatively unimproved ani
mal with one that is more highly
improved. In the case of domestic
animals the male is selected as the
improved one of the pair for rea
sons of economy. In the blue-fox
business, however, it is well for the
improvement to be made both ways.
Improvement by grading is, of
course, limited to the foxes on a
particular island. This method dis
tributes breed excellence rapidly
and with certainty; that is, the un
I improved blood soon becomes in
significant and finally disappears.
i Only those individuals meeting
! standard requirements should be
U-etained for breeding.
Of the effective means at thej
I command of the breeder to improve
i the stock, next in importance to
j selection is the judicious mating of
j related animals. This process is
| known as inbreeding. Inbreeding
| can be carried on successfully only
where animals are kept in confine
ment and their identity known.
Following the method of grading
just described, however, and not in- !
troducing new and better males |
I rfo mother sources, would eventual- j
I ly result in inbreeding.
TIME OF BREEDING
Most blue-fox pups mate at the
| age of 10 months and produce
! young when they are about a year
j old. Apparently the breeding sea
| son varies slightly in different re
gions and at times is influenced by
variation in the climate. The mat
ing season, or, as it is commonly
known among ranchers, the ’’bark
ing” period, starts about the first
of February and continues for ap
proximately 40 days. Most of the
matings occur during February and
March.
So far as known, the oestrum, or
heat period, occurs once a year
and lasts three or four days. While
the vixen will accept service only
at this time, it seems to make lit
tle difference whether it is early or
late in the period.
The gestation period is 51 or 52
days and the young are usually
whelped in April or May, although
somteimes as late as the middle of
June. Litters vary in number from
one to 14 but the average number
raised is about five.
MATING
Improving the stock by selective
breeding will undoubtedly result
in increased profits in fox raising.
If the more remote as well as the
immediate ancestors have been bred
with the aim of producing extra
fine pelts, then the chances are
that this will be transmitted to
most of the offspring from such
matings.
In selecting blue foxes for breed
! ers, it is to be borne in mind that
pelts have a tendency to become
lighter with age. No foxes show
ing white markings in the fur
should be kept for breeding. Oc
casionally, however, a blue fox may
show a white star on its breast, but
this is not-objectionable.
The possibilities of modification
or improvement by selective breed *
ing are fully as great with foxes as
with domesticated animals, and se
lective breeding will therefore in
time produce a much finer strain
of foxes.
Ordinarily blue foxes have only
one mate, but occasionally a male
will have two, and there are a few
reports of a male having three.
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10 years to former Madame Coty,
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