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weeks old. The ferrets hide their young until 

 about that time. If the young get to squealing 

 and crawling about at this time, soak a small 

 piece of bread in warm milk and j^lace it in the 

 nest, as^ they are hungry. They will soon find it 

 and suck all the milk out. 



I have been a breeder of ferrets for twelve 

 years and have had only one ferret that raised 

 more than one litter a year. This one had a lit- 

 ter in June and another in August. The first 

 litter contained nine and the next one eleven, and 

 she raised nineteen out of the twenty. 



Always keep ferrets in a dry place with three 

 or four inches of dirt in their pen for them to dig 

 in. If you don't they will get a disease known as 

 the foot-rot and that soon kills them. 



C. E. Wynn, 

 Webster Co., Iowa. 



I have had ferrets for five years and they are 

 very useful in catching rats or rabbits, if they 

 are properly handled. 



Ferrets should, by all means, have a warm, 

 dry place to sleep and a cool place in summer, 

 for they will get overheated sometimes if kept in 

 a close place. I lost a fine female in this way 

 last summer. Let me speak again about the 

 necessity of cleanness in raising ferrets. If they 



