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shade, and it will also assist in removing traces of the 

 original Belgian Hare ancestry, which often make them- 

 selves apparent in the ear lacing, thought so detrimental 

 in Silver Browns. 



Although the does of this variety are fairly prolific, 

 and make good mothers in a general way, they do not 

 often have large litters at a time, the number rarely 

 exceeding eight, and more often four or five, but it is not 

 wise to leave more than four upon the doe, placing the 

 others, if they seem good enough in promise, under 

 the care of a Dutch or Polish, to rear. 



I need not give any directions about feeding, etc., as 

 this variety requires nothing special, and what I have said 

 of several others will equally apply in this case. 



I have seen it stated, on the authority of a very well- 

 known breeder, that the skins of Silver Browns are 

 thought so much of by the furriers, that as much as from 

 ninety to one hundred shillings per dozen have been 

 paid for them. All I can say of the matter is, that if even 

 half that amount can be obtained, I think it would prove 

 very remunerative to those who have the necessary 

 accommodation and time to bestow on the undertaking, to 

 breed this variety entirely with that object in view. 



Mr J. H. Roberts, whose long experience as a fancier 

 and judge entitles his opinion to considerable weight, 

 writes as follows of Silver Browns : 



c< The colour of the coat is made up of three shades, 

 the brown of which should be most prominent, beauti- 

 fully interspersed with white and black hairs, called tick- 

 ing. Over this should appear a kind of frostiness, 



