190 CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF RABBITS 
If the breeder has three does and one buck, 
he will have his hutch room full from the start 
and will have to get rid of the young rabbits, 
either by eating them or selling them when 
they are around three months old. If. he can 
provide other hutch room for them:and.mature 
them, he will get better results than those 
which we mention here. 
One doe. can produce four litters: a: year 
without seriously crowding her:. But this.is 
not. the. best practice. We will, however, 
take it for granted: that the fancier wants'to 
get all he can out of her. Four litters with 
six: in each litter will give him. twenty-four 
rabbits in. one year from the same mother 
doe. These, marketed or sold at three months, 
when.they’should average about four and. one- 
half: pounds. each, will give: the breeder one 
hundred. and eight: pounds: of rabbit meat 
from each doe that:he keeps. His little hutch, 
having: three does in it will produce:him three 
hundred: and; twenty-four: pounds of. rabbit 
meat in one year and if he has four does. in 
