28 CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF RABBITS 
time, but it is also a fact that it is impossible 
for the doe to raise this many youngsters. 
Get that fact in mind now and keep it upper- 
most when you are thinking about the rabbit 
business. 
Breeding animals that are properly raised 
and of pedigreed or registered parents should 
be worth an average of ten dollars each. If 
you have two litters of such stock or possibly 
three litters in a year, one can see that it is 
possible to have a cash income of about $100 
per year from each breeding doe. This is, I 
think, a very conservative estimate and one 
that I have made in my own experience. If 
one is an especially good “hand” at the 
business and has exceptional stock, he can do 
even better. 
Where the rabbits are to be produced for 
meat and can be fed liberally on milk until 
they are marketed or used on the table, litters 
of five and six can be raised at a time, which 
will increase the production of each doe, but 
the cash income will be cut down because an 
