Farm Animals and Principles of Feeding 289 



^ W. T. Skilling 



FIG. 238. A New Zealand rabbit and hutch. Notice that there are cracks 

 in the floor of the hutch, through which the light is shining. 



cheaper feed. Hay, vegetables, and almost any sort Kinds and 

 of green feed, " including many kinds of weeds, make Uri 

 up a large part of their diet. (Cabbage and kale are to 

 be avoided as not wholesome.) To do well, however, 

 rabbits should be fed grain also. One successful breeder 

 gives the following as a good daily diet for a rabbit: 

 mash, three ounces (bran and beet pulp make a good 

 mash) ; rolled grain, two and one half ounces ; alfalfa 

 hay, five ounces ; green feed, ten ounces. A doe with 



