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premises of people who seem to have no idea 
at all that rabbits must be kept dry and com- 
fortable and not in manure piles or in the 
accumulated seepage of a week’s droppings. 
The position for the hutches is something 
that is worthy of a great deal of consideration. 
It took me a long time to learn that the direc- 
tion for the hutches to face was the East. 
Fewer storms come from that direction, if one 
lives in the Middle West, than from any other, 
and during the heat of the day the interior of 
the hutches will have more shade than if they 
were to face the South or West, for instance. 
The rabbit, it must be remembered, is a fur- 
bearing animal, hence must have some thought 
and attention during the hot days of summer, 
especially if the thermometer habitually climbs 
to a high figure. 
While some shade over the hutches is desir- 
able, it is not best to put the hutches in a shady 
place. They are apt to be damp most of the 
time. In my own experience, I have found it 
best to build hutches with plenty of clearance 
