FERRET RAISING AS A BUSINESS. 1G3 



Under these conditions it appears that the 

 ferret raiser or breeder will have but little 

 trouble to dispose of his stock. In this connec- 

 tion I might further mention that during the 

 time I published hunters and trappers period- 

 icals, on more than one occasion, subscribers 

 wrote that thej were ordering a ferret or ferrets 

 from such and such a raiser, but could get no 

 reply. In several instances I wrote the raiser 

 asking if he had received an order from so and 

 so. A reply promptly came saying that his stock 

 of ferrets was all gone but that he was trying to 

 buy from another dealer to fill the order. This 

 tends to show, as w^ell as personal visits to sev- 

 eral ferret ranches, that up-to-date business 

 methods are not always adhered to by ferret rais- 

 ers and sellers, yet as more enter the business 

 those who treat customers shabbily will lose 

 out. 



The foregoing is evidence that the ferret 

 raiser who knows the ''ins" and ''outs" of the 

 business has no difficulty in disposing of what- 

 ever stock he cares to sell. A breeder and raiser 

 located near the Twin Cities — Minneapolis and 

 St. Paul — says that he can sell ferrets in the fall 

 as fast as he has them to offer for |3.00 to |5.00 

 each. 



