All about Ferrets and Rats

About this eBook

Author

Isaacsen, Adolph

Title

All about Ferrets and Rats A Complete History of Ferrets, Rats, and Rat Extermination from Personal Experiences and Study. Also a Practical Hand-Book on the Ferret.

Credits

E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Paul Clark, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

SB: Agriculture: Plant culture

Subject

Ferret

Category

Text

eBook-No.

42305

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42305

Release Date

March 11, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ALL ABOUT FERRETS AND RATS
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.INTRODUCTORY.
4. 4.THE FERRET. — I.—WHAT A FERRET IS. — II.—CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE. — III.—RAT HUNTING. — IV.—FOOD. — V.—FERRET HOUSES. — VI.—DISEASES. — VII.—HARDINESS. — VIII.—BREEDING AND TRAINING. — IX.—STRENGTH AND BITE. — X.—HANDLING. — XI.—WITH CATS AND DOGS. — XII.—THE FERRET'S ADVANTAGES AS A RAT EXTERMINATOR. — XIII.—MISCELLANEOUS.
5. 5.THE RAT. — I.—THE RAT FAMILY AND ITS VARIETIES. — II.—RAT HISTORY. — III.—THE KING'S OWN RAT CATCHER. — IV.—RAT SOCIETY, CANNIBALISM, AND FRIENDSHIP. — V.—MULTIPLYING POWERS. — VI.—THE RAT'S UNABRIDGED BILL OF FARE. — VII.—FEROCITY. — VIII.—RATS IN BREWERIES, SLAUGHTER-HOUSES, MARKETS, STABLES, AND BARN-YARDS. — IX.—RATS AS WINE DRINKERS. — X.—DESTRUCTIVENESS. — XI.—RATS AS FOOD. — XII.—RAT NESTS. — XIII.—THE RAT'S MUSICAL TALENTS AND EYESIGHT. — XIV.—RATS AS MORALISTS. — XV.—RATS IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS, AND THE MODERN RAT SUPERSTITIONS. — XVI.—REVIEW OF THE RAT, AND CONCLUSION.
6. 6.RAT EXTERMINATION. — I.—TRAPS. — II.—POISONS. — III.—DOGS, CATS AND FERRETS. — IV.—HUMAN RAT-CATCHERS.
7. 7.THE ORIGIN OF THE FERRET. WITH HINTS TO DARWIN. — THE CONTINUATION OF THE FORMER CHAPTER.

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