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FERRET FACTS AND FANCIES. 



out of a dry goods box. A box 3x4 feet in size 

 will be ample room for a pair or even more. A 

 handy liutch can be built and placed in your 

 back yard by cutting the box down to thirty 

 inches high. Nail cleats or posts in the corners, 

 on one side let the posts stick up two feet above 

 the top of the box, then nail a plate on these 

 posts, put on a board roof. The boards are 

 nailed to the plate and to the back of the box, 



SUMMER HUTCHES OF A NORTHERN RAISER. 



side up the gable ends, and you will have an 

 opening of two feet, which gives you room to feed 

 and clean out. 



Make a screen door out of one-half inch mesh 

 poultry netting; this will give plentj^ of air. 

 You can hinge this door so it will drop down if 

 you wish. We would place this hutch in the 

 shade in hot weather. This makes a good hutch 

 for summer or winter, if you have some out- 

 building to place it in, make a wire lid on the 

 box instead of the board roof. 



