CHAPTER XVI. 



FERRET RAISING IN A SMALL WAY. 



CHERE is no better way to explain how to 

 handle a few ferrets than to give the 

 methods as followed by those who keep a 

 few only. While there may be better ways 

 than the following yet it explains briefly much 

 of practical value. This raiser is located in Oce- 

 ola County, Michigan, which is more than half 

 way up the state being in latitude 44 degrees, 

 showing that they do well even that far to the 

 north : 



*'In October, some years ago, I bought a pair 

 of ferrets, paid |3.50 for them. They were brown 

 and the male was larger than the female. 



When I first got them they were wild as they 

 never had been handled any and they would bite 

 if you touched them, so the first thing I did was 

 to go to a store and buy a pair of leather gloves 

 to handle them with. The gloves cost 50 cents, 

 making a total of |4.00 for the ferrets. 



I got them home and then I had to make a 

 box to keep them in, as I didn't have one ready. 

 While I was making the box the ferrets slept 

 peacefully in a barrel. For the benefit of those 



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