108 CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF RABBITS 
invaluable for your mating records and sale 
records. 
Runways. Runways are unnecessary for 
rabbits. They do not need grass parks. If 
you put them out in a grass park they will 
soon dig out and get away. Where you are 
training young stock for show purposes, par- 
ticularly Belgian hares, it is a good plan to 
have a long narrow hutch for them to run 
around in. For meat stock, however, better 
results are obtained by keeping them in ordi- 
nary sized hutches. 
Satt. All rabbits need plenty of salt. It 
can be fed in the mash each day, or better still 
a piece of rock salt can be placed in the hutch, 
or regular prepared rabbit salt nailed to the 
side of the hutch. This will give the rabbits 
an opportunity to partake of it as they desire. 
Does. At all times guard against the pos- 
sibility of dogs getting near the rabbitry and 
destroying your herd. The author has had 
some heart-breaking experiences along this line. 
All hutches should be protected by strong 
