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when provided with good warm shelters and 

 nests, as soon when cold weather hangs on in 

 the spring. Most ferrets have been mated the 

 past few years, in latitudes similar to Northern 

 Ohio, during the month of April and a fair per 

 cent not until toward the end of the month. I 

 am inclined to think that in Kentucky and sim- 

 ilar climates, such as Southern Ohio, Indiana, 

 Illinois, Missouri, etc., that they would come 

 into heat at least two weeks sooner. If such 

 proves to be true southern raisers would have 

 considerable advantage. 



