LETTERS FROM RAISERS. 



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not keep tliem on concrete floors in the winter 

 for they are a cold natured animal and should 

 not be on anything that draws frost or dampness. 

 For a house in the winter take four posts, drive 

 them in the ground, letting them be about 18 

 inches high. Now take sleepers and make them 

 one foot from the ground, put the floor on them 

 and make the house so as to rest on the floor but 



WINTER FERRET HOUSE 



make it so as to pass between the post. Now 

 take a pair of hinges and fasten to the floor, then 

 set the house on the floor and nail the hinges to 

 the house so it will set in the proper place. Cut 

 your door in the end. 



A house of this kind you can lay over and 

 scrub. It is the best way I have found yet. In 

 the summer time they want a cool, light place 

 with sand on the floor as they will mix the sand 



