' CHAPTER II. 



PROPER HANDLING OF A RABBITRY. 



THIS IS another important subject which is too 

 often overlooked by the average fancier. 

 Adopt a system and be sure that your system is 

 the best, then adhere strictly to it. Have a stud book 

 and hutch tags to correspond with it. Keep a close 

 and accurate record of what each doe and buck are 

 doing. Keep account also of every cent received and 

 spent, and at the end of each month strike a balance 

 and you will then know if you are doing a satisfactory 

 business. This will enable you to tell what certain 

 does and bucks are doing and which does are doing 

 better with certain bucks. It will then be quite easy 

 to shift the breeding until the- proper results are ob- 

 tained. Many successful breeders owe their greatest 

 success to this method of shifting does and bucks until 

 the proper mating is found. 



In making out registration and pedigree blanks, 

 keep carbon copies. In case the original is lost you 

 are then in a position to furnish another copy. 



A few things to have handy and remember: 



Keep a barrel of sawdust and use it freely. 

 Have plenty of germicide and other remedies on 

 hand at all times. 



Have the hutches cleaned three times each week. 



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