162 FERRET FACTS AND FANCIES. 



used on ground squirrels, gophers and prairie 

 dogs as well as for rats and rabbits. 



A party who has followed the business for a 

 good many years says : ^^The demand for ferrets, 

 at the present time (1914) is so great that deal- 

 ers all over the country turn away orders that 

 they cannot fill. Ferret raising is a good pay- 

 ing business and they can be sold every day in 

 large or small lots. Most of the leading sporting 

 magazines contain advertisements wanting to 

 buy or sell in large or small lots. In the state of 

 Ohio I should estimate that there was more than 

 100,000 ferrets raised and sold and by December 

 it was a hard matter to buy one dozen from any 

 raiser. They are sold to smaller dealers all over 

 the United States who sell singly or in pairs at 

 good prices. I know of different parties who 

 started with one pair of ferrets and today they 

 raise every year thousands and sell them all." 



During my many years experience in the pub- 

 lishing business there has not been a season but 

 that numerous inquiries have been received from 

 those wanting to bu}^ one or more ferrets. At 

 first I referred them to some advertiser but they 

 "came back at me" with the information that 

 they had written all the advertisers in a certain 

 magazine, all replying that they were sold out. 



