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.

This work compiles practical natural-history observations and hands-on guidance about ferrets, rats, and methods of rat extermination, drawn from decades of field experience. The ferret is described in appearance and temperament and treated in chapters on hunting, feeding, housing, diseases, breeding, training, handling, and relations with dogs and cats. The rat is surveyed by species, habits, nesting, diet, reproduction, destructiveness, and odd behaviors and anecdotes about sensory response. Practical control measures are laid out, covering traps, poisons, use of animals and human rat-catchers, and the author concludes with remarks on ferret origins and evolutionary implications.