BREEDING 173 
Do not shun line-breeding because you 
think it will be injurious to the constitutional 
vigor of your stock. Such is not true. If 
you will study the chart carefully you will 
soon notice that it is not in-breeding in its 
true sense. And we have only to add that if 
you want to get anywhere you will have to 
come to line-breeding. That much has been 
proved again and again. 
Now a few more points about breeding. 
Do not allow your bucks to serve more than 
three does a week and it would be better to 
cut their service down to two. It is as im- 
portant to preserve the vitality of your bucks 
as it is of the does. 
In carrying the does to the buck’s hutch, 
grasp her by the loose skin back of the ears 
and place your other hand under her hind 
quarters. Never carry rabbits by their ears 
merely because it is easy to do so. 
Bucks should not be kept too long. They 
generally produce inferior offspring after about 
three or four years of age and it is not good 
