46 RABBITS, CATS, AND CAVIES 



this variety has, in reason, and the more it is sheltered 

 from the heat of the sun, the more likely is the stock to 

 be bright, active, and lengthy in limbs, all desirable to 

 attain. 



If hutches are used, they are better if at least five 

 feet in length, by two feet high, and wide ; if convenient 

 to give even more room, all the better, and, in fine dull 

 weather, a run outside will do them a lot of good, and 

 you will see them play some rare antics, as in many cases 

 they are as light hearted as kittens. 



I do not know that I need say anything special about 

 food, as the feeding of this variety is much the same as 

 for others of the family ; of course, bearing in mind to 

 increase it in quantity, and quality, when the does are 

 suckling young. 



Many breeders contend that, with the possibilities of 

 breeding valuable prize specimens, and the almost certainty 

 of producing useful stock for table purposes, more profit 

 can be made from Belgian Hare does than from cows ; 

 if the amount of capital invested in each is considered, 

 and the cost of the labour required to care for them. 

 And they also say, that although u something for 

 nothing," or "money without work/' is hardly to be 

 expected from this, any more than any other industry, 

 there is no animal that will give a quicker or better 

 return. 



I will here give a standard of the points to be sought 

 for in this variety, as set out by a man I consider second 

 to none in his knowledge of the breed and the high 

 quality of the specimens he has produced. I have slightly 



