78 CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF RABBITS 
or whether the slat floor is the best. In the 
first place, I want to say that I have used both 
styles and that while I realize that every man 
has a right to his own opinion, I prefer the 
slat floor for the reason that it is unquestion- 
ably the most sanitary of all. 
The solid floor works all right in the summer 
time, provided you have a good covering of 
sawdust and shavings on the floor to absorb 
the urine, and that you keep the hutches swept 
out at least twice a day. But in the winter, it 
is practically impossible to do this. The urine 
will freeze in the hutches and pile up in this 
fashion on the floor, then when things com- 
mence to thaw out you will find a nice mess in 
the rabbitry. 
On the other hand the slat floor, which is 
made by placing slats at intervals of half an 
inch apart, as stated in the next chapter, is 
clean at all times, winter or summer. The 
droppings fall through to the ground below, 
where they are raked up and taken away at 
regular intervals. This construction in the 
