BREEDING AND CARE OF RABBITS 



Housing. 



This variety cannot be bred out of doors in a severe 

 climate. In the warmer states it can be bred in the 

 open outdoor hutches, but in the severe climates they 

 must be housed in the very warmest rabbitries. The 

 rabbitry should be made of a good, well matched siding, 

 then a layer of paper or a space of three inches filled 

 with sawdust, then an inside layer of matched siding. 

 The roof should also be made of lumber o-n the inside, 

 then a layer of tar paper and metallic roofing on the out- 

 side. This will keep all dampness and frost from the 

 roof. The hutches should be four feet long, twenty- 

 two inches deep, and twenty-two inches high. The 

 hutches can be made of open mesh, but a covering of 

 burlap should be placed to drop down over them during 

 cold weather. Lops should never be raised in crowded 

 quarters or with other rabbits, for it requires all a 

 fancier's time taking care of the Lops. Good, clean 

 hay and sawdust in the hutches at all times and the 

 hutches cleaned out three times each week will produce 

 healthy stock. At one time it was a popular idea that 

 plenty of manure, left in the hutches, would result in 

 producing a steam, which, in turn, would help produce 

 longer ears, but that theory has been discarded for some 

 time. 



"Mayhew's Germicide'' should be used for a disin- 

 fectant. 



Lops should have plenty of warmth and sunlight. 

 The warmer states should produce the longer ears. 

 Nothing but summer breeding should be attempted in 



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