LETTERS FROM RAISERS. 143 



Old rabbit hunting ferrets should have their 

 teeth clipped oft" occasionall3\ This will often 

 save many hours trying to get your ferret out of 

 a hole, where it has caught a rabbit. In hunting 

 skunk and such animals, the longer their teeth, 

 the better. 



If a person wants fast hunting ferrets they 

 should not play with them when starting on a 

 hunt. Of course I must say that there are worth- 

 less ferrets, just the same as there are good for 

 nothing dogs. Ferrets must have a variety of 

 food, this, too, must be strictly fresh. Rich milk, 

 not pure cream, with bread crumbed in it is good. 

 Meat occasionally, such as the heart, lungs, fresh 

 blood and a piece of the liver that is free from 

 bile, are all good for ferrets. 



John C. Siburt, 

 Marshall Co., West Virginia. 



The first ferret I ever owned was a brown 

 female, medium size, gentle and a fine hunter. 

 When spring came I decided I would try and 

 raise some young ferrets from her. I did not 

 know any more about it than a hog knows about 

 religion, but when I thought the right time had 

 come I got a large brown male ferret from a 

 neighbor and put him in with the female. I took 

 good care of the female, kept her clean, fed her 



