SOME REASONS FOR RAISING 
RABBITS 
Prope have been accustomed to thinking 
of the domesticated rabbit as a pet for so long 
that they are somewhat surprised to find that 
they have some very decided utility ad- 
vantages. 
The experience of the average person with 
rabbits is limited to a casual acquaintance 
with the wild cottontail or the jack rabbit of 
the western prairies or, perhaps, to a few 
“pets” kept by some youngster in the neigh- 
borhood. 
We have not, in the past, paid any par- 
ticular attention to the commercial possibili- 
ties in breeding rabbits in large number for 
the markets or for breeding purposes, largely 
because we did not have to. Meat, of various 
kinds, was comparatively cheap and within 
the reach of all. 
