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ity. At one time the breeders strove for a silky coat, 

 but at the present time we breed for a fine wool coat. 

 The Angora is sometimes called the "lady's pet" and 

 we find a great many lady fanciers showing them. 

 This variety of rabbit has been kept back to a great 

 extent, owing to the time and patience required to 

 keep the coat in condition. When well groomed they 

 are beautiful, but when in poor condition they are an 

 object of pity. A mistake is often made by parents 

 buying them for pets for their children. 



Colored Angoras were plentiful in England during 

 the last century, but have always been scarce in this 

 country, and they have never been bred as extensively 

 as the White Angoras, even in England. Angoras 

 were seen in blues, blacks, grays and fawns at some oi 

 the English shows, but the difficulty experienced in 

 breeding true to color kept the colored specimens 

 back. If you were able to get one good solid colored 

 youngster in a litter you were doing remarkably well, 

 and you could find white feet, and white patches all 

 over them, and in competition with the White Angora 

 they were nearly always defeated. I would advise our 

 American fanciers to avoid colored Angoras, for even 

 the Blacks are only what we call Smokes. 



Some people seem to think the Angora is very deli- 

 cate and not able to stand the cold. This is not true, 

 for the most successful Angora breeder in America has 

 kept his finest specimens out of doors during the entire 

 year. In another part of this book is described the 

 most practical hutches and buildings. If it is impos- 

 sible to build your rabbitry outdoors and have it open, 

 try the following. Make your rabbitry any size, but 



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