BREEDING AND CARE OF RABBITS 



strong and large white circles around the eyes. It 

 would prove interesting to compare the first standard 

 with the one adopted by the New Zealand Club and 

 tlie National Association during the summer of 1916. 

 The fanciers who saw the lirst New Zealands and 

 the ones toda}- can scarcel_y Ijelieve their eyes for the 

 great change which has taken place is indeed remark- 

 able and all the more so when vou consider that sev- 



NEW ZEALAND BUCK, "RED CONQUEROR." 

 Bred by G. N. McCoy, Tacoma, Wash. 



eral noted American fanciers used every possible op- 

 portunity to "knock" them. With all the "knocking" 

 they made friends everywhere, and continued to 

 imiirove so rapidly, in both type and color, that even 

 the fanciers who were against them at the start were 

 won over by their many good qualities. 



The credit of placing this variety in the front ranks 

 of the rabbit family belongs to a very few fanciers, 

 fanciers in every sense of the word, for with every- 

 thing to discourage them they showed their confidence 



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