CHAPTER XIV. 



LETTERS FROM RAISERS. 



CHE following letters are from those who, as 

 a rule, have raised small numbers only. 

 Several points are brought out by these 

 not mentioned elsewhere that are of espe- 

 cial interest. It will also be learned from these 

 writers that ferrets are successfully raised in 

 Canada, Iowa, Nebraska, West Virginia, Penn- 

 sylvania, Illinois, and Ncav York. While Ohio is 

 the center of the industry there are in Illinois, 

 Minnesota, Iowa, New York and probably other 

 states those who raise hundreds, possibly thou- 

 sands, each year. 



My father is a great ferret breeder and I 

 will try to tell about some of his ways. I came 

 from England to this country in February, 1910, 

 and always worked on a farm. My father has 

 kept ferrets since he was 18 years old and he is 

 53 now, and he still keeps them. Perhaps this 

 country will be a little different for ferrets from 

 England. 



The ferret will come in heat in March and if 

 they are not mated with a male they will die. 



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