POSSIBILITIES IN RABBITS 
THE acquaintance of the average individual 
with the rabbit family extends to the obser- 
vation of the wild cotton tail or to a few 
domesticated “pets” for children. 
It is hardly fair to judge the modern domesti- 
cated rabbit by these standards. He is an 
entirely different animal from the wild rabbit. 
He is built different, he grows different and 
he achieves a different purpose entirely. The 
wild cotton tail rarely attains a weight of 
more than five pounds, while a New Zealand 
Red doe will weigh ten pounds at the age of 
one year. Flemish Giants have been produced 
weighing as much as twenty-four pounds when 
matured. 
The modern domesticated rabbit is a hutch 
bred rabbit. He is born and raised in close 
confinement. He would not know what to do 
in a park or under wild conditions. Hence, 
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