104 FERRET FACTS AND FANCIES. 



rabbits as well as affording a few days sport to 

 yourself, ferret and friends. The property owner 

 hopes you will catch every one of the four footed, 

 swift running, gnawing rascals. He don't care 

 either how you get them. So destructive are the 

 rabbits to young orchards, in many states, that 

 unless trees are wrapped, or in some way pro- 

 tected during the winter, entire orchards are 

 ruined. Rabbits are more partial to apple and 

 peach trees than to other fruits it seems. In 

 such localities land owners wish the rabbits 

 killed off as early as possible, before severe 

 weather, for they are not apt to bother fruit 

 trees until the ground is frozen or covered with 

 snow. 



That ferrets are used successfully on rabbits 

 is amply proven from the fact that laws in some 

 states prohibit their use only under certain con- 

 ditions. These "conditions" vary in the states 

 having laws of this kind. The following was in 

 effect in Ohio at date this book was printed: 

 "No ferrets shall be used in catching or hunting 

 rabbits, except by the owner or lessee of lands, 

 or a bona fide employee of such owner or lessee 

 and when they are destroying or injuring trees, 

 shrubbery, grain, berries or fruit." 



