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FERRET FACTS AND FANCIES. 



above the level ground. Nail the four posts (one 

 in each coner) tirmly in place. Next join the 

 four posts together by nailing strips 1 x 4 to the 

 posts at the top, all around the pen. You now 

 have the frame. Now shovel the dirt you re- 

 moved to make the trench, back in the now 

 board-lined trench, until it is level with the side 



PEN FOR FEMALE AND YOUNG. 



boards. Now get some fine meshed wire, not 

 larger than 1-inch mesh (f-inch is good), two 

 feet wide and staple it firmly and tightly all 

 around the frame and over top, leaving a space 

 on top for a door to feed, etc. ; also make a hole 

 4x4 inches at the end near the bottom of the 

 pen, through the wire, for the ferrets to go 



