FERRETS AS FUR BEARERS. 



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more closeh^ re- 

 lated to Fitch 

 w li i c li is well 

 furred, silky and 

 fine in texture, 

 much like a 



THE EUROPEAN FITCH— WHITE. JOUllg OpOSSUm. 



At any rate fer- 

 rets would only be salable in lot quantities at 

 probably no more than 10 to 20 cents average at 

 any time." 



These letters really show that there is a 

 market for the skins at the present time but at 

 low price. The dealer who said that they would 

 only be salable in lot quantities meant that where 

 they were offered in lots say fifty and up they 

 would sell better than if one or two only were 

 offered at a time. 



In the spring of 1909 when my book Fur 

 Farming was published it appeared to most 

 people like a book upon a subject of very little 

 importance. They could not realize or believe 

 there was a field for fur farming. Later develop- 

 ments have proven that there was, for during the 

 years from 1909 to 1915 five editions were printed 

 and sold. Maybe those that look upon the busi- 

 ness of raising and selling ferrets as being of 

 little importance would change their vieAvs if they 



