180 ANIMAL COMPETITORS 



or hole, giving access to the outer, or dining- 

 room. This outer apartment should be some- 

 what larger and consist of a stout framework 

 covered with chicken-wire on all sides, in- 

 cluding the floor. Then, in fine weather, the 

 hutch may be moved about the yard, and the 

 rabbits will be able to eat the grass through 

 the wire flooring; when the forage has been 

 eaten in one spot, the affair may easily be 

 lifted and set down in another. However, in 

 wet or chilly weather, a board floor should be 

 provided, either within or beneath the cage. 

 Dampness and chill are always to be avoided; 

 hence the roof ought to slant so as to shed 

 water, and the hutch ordinarily be raised above 

 wet ground by supports, such as a brick under 

 each corner. 



A few gimlet holes should be bored in the 

 floor of the bedroom for drainage, and also 

 near its ceiling for ventilation. Other than 

 this there should be no windows or cracks, as 

 it is necessary that this room should be tight 

 and dark, like a burrow. Its only furniture 

 should be a little dry hay, changed as often 

 as it becomes soiled. The feeding and water- 



