92 CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF RABBITS 
from the sun and from severe rains, as the roof 
does not overhang in this style of hutch suffi- 
ciently to afford the necessary protection. 
The doors are merely frames covered with 
one inch wire mesh and on hinges. The upper 
hutches have solid floors sloping three inches 
to the back to provide drainage and the floor 
of the two lower hutches is of slats. This 
affords the ideal arrangement for such a style 
hutch. It is probably not as ornamental] as 
the hutch shown in Plan No. 2 and it does not 
occupy as much space, but where one desires 
a hutch of this type and size, there is no plan 
that can be used to better advantage. 
An improvement might be made by cutting 
down the height, as I have found that hutches 
18 inches high are just as practical as those 
two feet high. This would save one foot in 
the height of the hutch over all. 
There are many other styles of hutches and 
rabbitries that may be built, but there is no 
series of general plans that will suit the fancier 
better. 
