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take the box out to the dog town, commencing at 

 one end. As they clean up the holes I move the 

 box farther on. The dogs don't get behind them, 

 you bet. No danger of a dog occupying a hole 

 worked by ferrets. I close the box tight except a 

 small hole for the ferrets to go in and out. I 

 also have a small door in it and have a dish to put 

 water and milk in which I take out once a day. 

 I hardly ever see the ferrets but they are in the 

 box a great deal and are not wild; when I see 

 them I can pick them up without any trouble. 

 The box makes it more homelike for them, and 

 they will clean the holes on all sides out from the 

 box so we can tell what they are doing. Writo 

 at once so we will know what to do." 



A good many years ago the following ap 

 peared in the Spokesman Keview, Spokane, 

 Washington : 



"W. A. Davis has discovered a new and effi- 

 cient method of destroying squirrels. Mr. Davis 

 sent to the state of Iowa for some ferrets, which 

 he used to hunt squirrels, which are one of the 

 greatest pests of this section. The ferrets are 

 trained to go into the holes after the squirrels 

 and either catch and kill them or drive them out 

 of the holes where dogs catch them. Mr. Davis 

 took three ferrets and two dogs and went into 

 the fields. In less than two hours he had killed 



