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Identifier: furfarmingincana00cana (find matches)
Title: Fur-farming in Canada
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Canada. Commission of Conservation. Committee on Fisheries, Game and Fur-bearing Animals Jones, J. Walter
Subjects: Fur-bearing animals
Publisher: Ottawa, The Mortimer Co.
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries

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Floor plan and vertical section of a fox kennel
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off the ground so that the foxes cannot hide under it. The inner kennel, or nest is to be the home of the youngoMhe^west foxes and must be large enough to prevent crowding and small enough to be warmed by the body heat ofthe animals. The usual size of the nest is about 18 in. long by 18in. wide by 20 in. in height, but some prefer to make them with floordimensions 16 in. by 18 in. or 20 in. The entrance, 8 in. in diameter,is centred on one side; the floor corners are filled up with a triangularpiece of moulding; three or four half-inch holes are bored in the roofto provide a slight ventilation and the roof or cover of the nest canbe lifted off so that the manager can see into the nest when necessary.The nest is kept warm by being packed about on all sides with somematerial of low thermal conductivity. The best yet discovered arethe ground cork in which the Spanish Malaga grapes are packed, dryseaweed, sawdust, chaff and leaves. A space of four or five inches COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION
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Floor Plan and Vertical Section of a Fox Kennel FOX-FARMING IN CANADA 43 all about the six sides of the box, if*packed with insulating material,will retain the heat sufficiently and will absorb dampness. In somecases, a light bedding of earth, leaves, seaweed or marshgrass is givenin the winter. It is usual to place pens side by side on both sidesArrangement of f j^ „ qJ^q^^^ gix or eight feet wide,* the fences Pens and Kennels , , , , „ 7 • i i-^- i r at the ends of the alley bemg an additional safe-guard against escape. The dog (or male) pen, according to one plan,consists of one end of the common pen and the male is segregated bysimply closing the door. According to another plan, the pen forthe male is several feet distant and segregation is effected by simplyclosing the slide door in the passageway. The kennel provided forthe dog fox may be a box or barrel with a chute entrance. The dogpen is becoming less used year by year. It should be constructednear the other pen and arr

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