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vary with circumstances, but may easily be cal- 
culated. 
“‘Mink,’’ says Seton, ‘‘may be fed exactly as 
one would feed a house-cat—table-scraps va- 
ried with meat two or three times a week. 
Fish is very much to their liking, and may be 
given nearly every day if other things are used. 
Bread and milk, johnny-cake, etc., should be 
added for variety ; even raw liver may be given 
sparingly at intervals, but cooked food, as a 
rule, is safer. Two light meals, morning and 
night, or one substantial meal, late in the day, 
is sufficient; and at all times an abundance of 
clean water. . . . A fast-day once in two 
weeks is a good thing for fat animals.’’ 
Each old animal should have a cage to itself 
and be kept in it except in the breeding month 
(February), when a male and four, five or six 
females may be turned out together in one of 
the yards; but persistently bad-tempered ones 
should be taken away from the band. No bad 
smell will be made if general cleanliness is 
maintained, the yard-soil being frequently 
raked and overturned to remove droppings and 
air it, If their cages are kept clean the ani- 
