152 CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF RABBITS 
green food after the dew has gone off the grass 
in the morning or before or after rains. If 
the grass is wet or the other green food you 
want to get is wet, pass it up until later in 
the day. Wet green food has a bad effect on 
the digestive tract of rabbits of all ages. 
There is no objection to feeding thoroughly 
dried or cured green food; the objection lies 
in feeding it when it is only partially cured or 
“heating.” It is then somewhat sour and 
mouldy, especially if it has been piled closely 
together, and to feed it then will surely cause 
you to start a burying plot for some of your 
rabbits. 
Roots of all kinds are good for the rabbits 
and can be used in the winter. They will 
even eat Irish potatoes when nothing else is 
available. 
The green element in the ration can often- 
times be supplied in the ration by using vege- 
table tops, especially in the winter, provided 
the tops are clean and not diseased or frozen. 
If they are fresh and sweet they will take the 
