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FERRET FACTS AND FANCIES. 



trained ferret should be used as numerous dens 

 were tried in which, of course, there was nothing. 

 A well trained ferret will come out, as soon as 

 the den is examined, if containing no game. 



One ferret will not, as a rule, drive out a 

 mink. Those who have been most successful 



have used two large 

 ones at least a 3^ear old. 

 Mink are usually an 

 easy animal to rout. 

 Many instances are 

 known where dogs hav- 

 ing located a mink it 

 left the den by stamp- 

 ing or pounding on the 

 ground over where it 

 was supposed to be. 

 This, more especially, is 

 the case where the den 

 is a shallow one. 



While a ferret or even 

 two would probably not be a match for an old 

 male mink yet their nature is such that they 

 dodge from den to den, so that chances are that 

 a mink would seek safety in flight rather than 

 fight. If cornered a mink will put up a des- 

 perate fight for an animal its size. If the mink 

 is a female it will be apt to run out, at once, 



LARGE OLD FERRET. 



