FOR EXHIBITION AND MARKET 



colored eyes, generally very pale blue. A speck is a 

 small spot of color in the iris. 



Housing and Feeding. 



The Dutch is such a hardy rabbit that it thrives 

 well in any kind of a rabbitry, either outdoors or in- 

 doors. Keep them in hutches that are free from 

 dampness and draughts of air ^nd they will cause 

 little trouble to anyone. They should be fed the same 

 as Belgians. See directions in chapter on Belgians. 



Breeding. 



Great care should be used in choosing your stock 

 for breeding. Do not breed unless they have a good 

 coat and then choose bucks that are the most perfect- 

 ly marked ones you can find, for if they are imper- 

 fectly marked the youngsters are liable to be very 

 poorly marked. Poorly marked Dutch will never pro- 

 duce winners. 



It is easy to tell the first day after the young 

 Dutch are born which will be the good ones and which 

 ones you are going to eat. It is best to have several 

 stud bucks and try them to the different does until 

 the right one is discovered, then continue to breed that 

 doe to the same buck. Never let the doe nurse over 

 four or five youngsters at a time. In taking them from 

 the doe, follow instructions contained in the chapter 

 on Angoras. The Dutch subject is a very interesting 

 one, and the harder you work with the Dutch the 

 more pleasure you derive when the correctly marked 

 ones commence to make their appearance. 



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