FEEDING ADULT STOCK 
WE HAVE already hinted in a general way 
as to the sort of a ration required for rabbits. 
The domesticated rabbit is a very rapid grower. 
He is a meat animal and he must be fed in 
much the same manner as a beef animal. This 
should be kept in mind at all times. 
That means that he needs a balanced ration 
composed of the proper elements of concen- 
trates, roughage and succulent food. It has 
always seemed to me that the reason why so 
many people have trouble with their rabbits 
is that they do not take this fact into con- 
sideration. They try to feed green food alone, 
or grain alone or hay alone, and expect the 
rabbit to get along famously on such a ration. 
If you stop to think that no man could 
live on oats alone and make a good develop- 
ment, you will begin to see why the rabbits 
cannot be expected to do something that is 
contrary to Nature. 
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