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long, for it will become warm and give your rabbits 

 bowel trouble. In the evening give them good, clean 

 whole oats. Feed your stock as individuals and when 

 you find certain specimens refusing to eat certain 

 foods change to something else. Remove all food 

 each day when you feed. 



If your doe is ready to mate she should show a 

 swollen or deep discoloration of the vagina or vent. 

 If she fails to show this, and you are anxious to 

 mate her, give her a handful of oats or barley which 

 has been soaked in water for 24 hours and then has 

 been out of the water for 24 hours. Feed this to her 

 for two or three days and it will produce the desired 

 effect. In mating your does, place the doe in the 

 buck's hutch, and handle her carefully. During the 

 gestation period, feed her green food two or three 

 times a day, but do not stuff her or overfeed her with 

 grains. A day or two before she is due to kindle she 

 should have plenty of fresh water, bread and milk 

 each day. From the time the youngsters are about 

 four days old they will drain very heavily on the doe, 

 and you will be safe in giving her all she will eat. 

 Plenty of bread and milk will be one of the finest 

 things you can give her. Keep plenty of clean wheat 

 straw in her hutch, for if you are feeding green foods, 

 the straw will help to keep her from having the 

 scours and also keep her in better condition. 



Remember you must get the early development 

 out of the Angora if you are to be successful in the 

 show room, and if your youngsters are not well devel- 

 oped when they are weaned from their mother they 

 will be too small all their lives. To assist the doe in 



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