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500 females and 100 males were kept, they were 

 in one shed which was 12 feet wide and 100 long, 

 4^ feet at eaves and about 7 at comb of roof — 

 just high enough for a man to walk through the 

 center aisle or alley. This aisle was about 3J 

 feet wide, on either side of which were 50 pens 

 2 X 4| feet. This was one of six similar barns 

 or sheds but all ferrets were then in one building 

 so as to be more easily fed and cared for. Ends 

 of these sheds were to the east and west with 

 sides to the south and north. This plan of 

 building gave sunshine to one side and row of 

 pens, half of the day, providing of course that 

 the sun shone. A hinged board along the out- 

 side could be raised to allow more air or ventila- 

 tion during very warm weather. This board, or 

 door, was kept closed during cold or stormy 

 weather. 



Perhaps the most complete and up-to-date 

 ferret buildings and equipment in America is in 

 Ashland County, Ohio, the property of Chamber- 

 lain Bros., Ashland, Ohio, which was under the 

 management of C. M. Sackett when this splen- 

 didly equipped and handled establishment was 

 visited in the spring of 1915. A pretty good idea 

 can be had of their equipment and -manner of 

 conducting same from the bird's eye view which 

 includes barn, silo, cook house and three ferret 



