160 CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF RABBITS 
doe or buck will bring less than $5 each, you 
can understand why it pays to keep the best 
of each litter for breeding purposes, either for 
your own use, or to sell. 
Where you are breeding stock for shows or 
for breeders and are handling pedigreed or 
registered stock, some attention may be paid 
to blood lines, but do not make the mistake 
so many new breeders do. Blood lines are 
valuable in giving you an index to the indi- 
vidual’s possible performance as a breeder, 
but unless the individual itself is right, forget 
all about the blood lines. It will save you 
grief in the long run. 
Of course, where your animal is registered 
with your breed club or with the National 
Association you have a pretty good guarantee 
that the individual is all right, but this is not 
always certain. Some splendid specimens 
that command the best prizes in the show 
room and which are ideals of their breed are 
very poor when it comes to reproducing their 
own species. Sometimes a second-rate animal 
