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feeding-trough, which should be regularly- 

 taken away after every meal ; for rabbits, like 

 horses, if allowed to blow upon their food, 

 will not afterwards eat it, unless pressed by 

 serious hunger. The troughs should be made 

 of tin or iron, to allow of their being easily 

 cleaned ; and should have separate compart- 

 ments, of not more than four inches long, 

 both for different sorts of food, as well as to 

 prevent the rabbits from getting their feet 

 into the trough, and throwing out their corn. 

 Some persons even add a small rack at one 

 end of the hutch, for the purpose of con- 

 taining the hay on which they feed ; but the 

 small quantity usually given is more com- 

 monly left upon the floor. The trough should 

 be either inserted as a drawer, or if placed 

 outside the hutch, should be covered by a 

 hinged flap to shut and open, in either the 

 front, or one end. The floor is commonly 

 pierced with holes to allow the escape of the 

 urine ; but, as the greatest attention is ne- 

 cessary to be observed in the cleansing, it 

 is a good plan to have a false bottom, which 

 may be drawn out like that of a bird-cage, 

 for the removal of the excrement, and ought 



