A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



ket for the young ones in every large city; 

 dealers being willing to pay 25 cents apiece 

 at all times, and from 50 to 75 cents at 

 Easter. Mrs. Bunny usually rears five fami- 

 lies during the year, making an average of 

 thirty little ones, which, counting minimum 

 prices, makes it safe to estimate a $6 addition 

 to the home income for every mother rabbit. 



Each doe should have a hutch two and a 

 half feet long, two feet wide, and two high. 

 We get the empty cases in which shoes are 

 shipped to the general store in the village, 

 at a cost of 5 cents each. By turning 

 them on the side, a hutch of just the right 

 dimensions is obtained, needing only a door, 

 the frame of which can be easily made from 

 shingle slates. Cut two pieces the exact 

 length of the case, two pieces the exact width, 

 rule a pencil line two inches from each end, 

 place a fine saw lengthwise over the line, and 

 cut the lath evenly half through its thickness. 

 Then, with a sharp pocket-knife or chisel, 

 remove the severed portion; so making the 



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