SOME REASONS FOR RAISING RABBITS 15 
Rabbit raising is essentially a live stock 
raising proposition. It is not a fad and can- 
not amount to much when conducted along 
that line. The man who is a good farmer, 
especially farmers, who know what they are 
about in their feeding operations and who 
naturally understand rabbits, are the men who 
are making a big success with rabbit raising. 
The rabbit is on such a foundation now that 
it will prove a money maker to the man who 
is able to go into the matter as a calling. 
A California breeder states over his own 
signature that he started a few years ago with 
only a few animals and a few dollars in capital. 
Today he does a business of more than $25,000 
annually. Another man who is a farmer and 
breeds rabbits as a side line to his farming 
business states that he is making a gross in- 
come of more than $500 a month from his 
animals. Six does produce him an annual in- 
come of $2,000. 
From a profit standpoint the money to be 
made is unquestionably in the sale of breeding 
