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some respects they are even better for the purpose, as not 

 being in so much request, and often standing at lower 

 fees. This I have proved in breeding operations, not 

 only with Rabbits, but many other kinds of stock. 



I would advise all beginners, whatever kind of live 

 stock they take up, to get well-bred animals, even if they 

 pay a little more for them at first, as they will be the 

 cheapest in the end, and if from any cause, they have to 

 be disposed of, well-bred stock are always more easily 

 sold than those half, or three-quarters, bred. 



I may say that those who have had most to do with 

 Lops do not advise they should be kept in the same house 

 with other varieties, but if it is not convenient to have 

 two separate houses, part of it may be partitioned off ; the 

 reason of this is, that Lops undoubtedly do better in a 

 house where the temperature, although well-ventilated, is 

 never cold. 



But, with many of the other varieties, it would be 

 more or less injurious to them to be " mewed up," 

 being of a more hardy nature, and active in their habits. 



I think there is no doubt that the first Societies or 

 Clubs, as they are now called, for Rabbits, were for Lops 

 only, and at one time mainly confined to the London dis- 

 trict, where I think the majority of the Lop fanciers used 

 to reside. Some of these were founded more than sixty 

 years ago, which shows how long this particular variety 

 has remained in favour. 



I have read in some of the old books on Rabbits, 

 that at the earliest shows a rabbit with ears measuring 

 twenty-one inches was a certain winner, if of fair quality 



