52 AGRICULTURE HANDBOOK NO. 3 09, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



BUCK BREEDING RECORD 

 Buck No 



Breed 



Date born 



Sire 

 Dam 



Figure 22. — Sample of buck breeding record. 



TYPES OF PRODUCTION 



If you want ti fair income from 

 your commercial herd^ you must 

 be able to care for a large number 

 of rabbits. Your returns will be 

 in direct ratio to the number and 

 quality of does maintained and 

 your efficiency of management. 



Formerly, about 10 man-hours 

 each year were required to care for 

 a doe and her four litters. With 

 improved hutch and feeding equip- 

 ment (figs. 2^) and 24), rations de- 

 signed to save labor in feeding, 

 palpation of does, and other herd 

 management practices, the num- 

 ber of man-hours has been greatly 

 reduced. It is now possible for a 

 breeder to care for more than 



twice as many does in the same 

 length of time with less effort. 



Fryer Production 



According to the regulations 

 governing the grading and inspec- 

 tion of domestic rabbits, issued by 

 the Department of Agriculture, "A 

 fryer or young rabbit is a young 

 domestic rabbit carcass weighing 

 not less than li/4 pounds and rarely 

 more than 0I/2 pounds processed 

 from a rabbit usually less than 12 

 weeks of age," (i^. Title 7, Part 54, 

 Section 54.261). 



Rabbits raised for meat and fur 

 usually are marketed when they 



