FERRET RAISING IN A SMALL WAY. 155 



who have had no experience with ferrets, I will 

 tell YOU how I made the box and I might say now 

 that it has given good satisfaction. 



First I got a box from the grocery store 

 about 32 inches long, 20 inches wide and 14 

 inches high. I nailed a top on it and made a 

 door for feed and such like in the top about 7 by 

 10 inches. Then I put a door in one end about 

 15 by 8 inches. This door I use when cleaning 

 out the box. For light, I tore off a board from 

 the side and then nailed two thicknesses of com- 

 mon screen over it. This left space for light 4 

 inches wide and extending the whole length of 

 the box, giving plenty of light and ventilation. 

 To take up the moisture I put in about 1^ inches 

 of dry sawdust (I like this better than dirt) and 

 about one inch of wheat straw on top of the saw- 

 dust. This brings the floor up to a level with the 

 bottom of the screen. 



In one end of the box I put a handful of 

 wheat straw for a nest. This makes a nice cool 

 place for them in summer, but in the winter I 

 nail a board across about 10 inches from the end 

 where the nest is, and then I nail another board 

 from the end of the box to the one nailed across 

 and fill it up with wheat straw. This makes a 

 nice warm nest for them. You should leave a 



