160 ARRANGEMENT OF HUTCHES GREEN MEAT. 



my stock of rabbits, which were hutted in a boarded 

 shed, not well defended from the cold and moist 

 air. Ventilation and fresh air are also necessary, 

 where considerable numbers of these animals are 

 kept, which will not else remain healthy, or prosper 

 for any length of time : and even sudden mortality 

 may ensue, from impure and stagnant air. A 

 thorough draught or passage for the air is thence 

 indispensable, and should be contrived in the build- 

 ing, with the convenience of shutting such opposite 

 windows or doors in cold and wet weather. 



The HUTS or HUTCHES are generally placed one 

 above another, to the height required by the number 

 of rabbits, and the extent of the room. Where a 

 large stock is kept, to make the most of room, the 

 hutches may be placed in rows, with a sufficient in- 

 terval between, for feeding and cleaning, instead of 

 being joined to the wall, in the usual way. It is 

 preferable to rest the hutches upon stands, about a 

 foot above the -ground, for the convenience of clean- 

 ing under them. Each of these hutches, intended 

 for breeding, should have two rooms, a feeding and 

 a bed-room. Those are single, for the use of the 

 WEANED RABBITS, or for the BUCKS, which are always 

 kept separate. 



When much green meat is given, rabbits make a 

 considerable quantity of urine, and I have sometimes 

 seen occasion to set the hutches sloping backwards 

 a few degrees, a very small aperture being made the 

 whole length of the floor to carry off the urine. 

 A sliding door in the partition between the two 

 rooms, is convenient for confining the rabbits dur- 



