SELECTION OF BREEDING STOCK 
WE cAN only touch upon the matter of 
breeding in a very casual way. It is a sub- 
ject which has filled many books larger than 
this one. But in the main the laws of breed- 
ing applying to one form of plant life will be 
found to apply to another. It is certainly true 
that rabbits are subject to much the same 
laws as to breeding as are other kinds of live 
stock. 
In the selection of the breeding stock de- 
pends all of the chances for future success, 
for the worth of the parent stock will deter- 
mine more than anything else the worth of 
the offspring. Once in a while a litter will be 
so badly neglected that they will develop into 
nothing but scrubs, but that is not a fair com- 
parison of the value of good breeding stock. 
A pure bred rabbit will eat no more than a 
scrub. In fact, the scrub is often the best 
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