Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1915 — Are Foxes Vegetarians? [ARTICLE]

Are Foxes Vegetarians?

Foxes are not generally accredited with vegetarian Instincts. You never see their tracks, as you see those of the rabbits, around a young oak-tree shoot which has been nibbled down to the tough stem. But Esop evidently thought otherwise when he wrote his fable of the BOur grapes, and there Is plenty of testimony that Esop was right. Foxes do eat wild grapes, as many observers have testified, climbing A. considerable way to get them; and probably at times they ekt berries and perhaps apples. I have . t-'Aixid their tracks, at ary -Tate, beneath apple-tree", i have also been confidently assured that they eat the persimmons in Virginia; that the “ol* houn' dawgs” know how good this fruit Is, too, and if you wish to find the very best tree, take a “dawg” with you.—Walter Prichard Eaton, In Harper's Magazine.