traps after setting, or to mix with the stuff with which the traps are
covered.

There is also another way of bolting Rats. Sometimes when the ferret is
put under a boarded floor, all the Rats will run together and pack
themselves in a heap at the end of a joist. When the Rats pack
themselves on each other thus, the ferret on reaching them will tackle
only one at a time. You can always tell when this happens by the ferret
working a long time and bolting no Rats. Now, immediately you notice
this, put your mouth near the hole where you have put the ferrets in, and
make a squealing noise with your mouth to imitate a squealing Rat. This
causes the heap of Rats at the end of the joist to disperse through fear,
and when they get running about they will bolt into the net. Many times
I have not had a bolt for half-an-hour and when I have squealed at the
hole I have had four or five Rats in the nets at once.

These are some of the methods of clearing Rats from various places, and
from experience I think they excel all others.




PART II. HOW TO KEEP AND WORK FERRETS.


The first necessity in ferret-keeping is that they shall be kept in
hutches or "cotes," as they are commonly called. Care must always be
taken to have their places well swilled with carbolic water, and then
allowed to thoroughly dry before whitewashing the inside, which is also
essential to keep them healthy. This should be done at least four times