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quickly perish for it is unnatural to them and 
they seem to be unable to shake it off. While 
some breeders have so-called remedies, you 
will save yourself grief and worry by using 
the ax at once, disinfecting the hutch and 
putting it down in the profit and loss ledger. 
Inrant Mortauiry. This is a disorder that 
affects the morale of breeders, especially be- 
ginners, more than anything else. The young- 
sters appear to do fine up to a certain age, 
then they commence to drop off one at a time. 
The beginner is perplexed, to say the least. 
He cannot understand it. | 
Infant mortality is apt to be due to one of 
several causes, but nine times out of ten it is 
due to the impoverished vigor of the breeding 
stock. The breeder that tries to get five and 
six litters a year from a single doe, and expects 
her to nurse six or eight youngsters at a time, 
need not wonder why his young stock seem 
to drop off without any apparent cause. It is 
due to lack of constitutional vigor and im- 
proper nourishment. 
