FOR EXHIBITION AND MARKET 



are liable to run too light in color. Select a buck with 

 good, rich color, a trifle on the dark shade, with the 

 color extending well down to the skin. The under color- 

 ing should be a rich, bright, blue black, and not a slaty 

 color. The top color should be free from any brown 

 tinge, for it will be bred into the youngsters. Light 

 chests are very common. The nose, toes and ears should 

 all be evenly silvered. It very often breaks off before 

 reaching the toes, and the cheeks and ihead are very 

 liable to be too dark. Guard against light colored feet. 

 Bucks and does should both have perfect coats. Do not 

 breed a dark buck to a dark doe, or a light colored buck 

 to a light colored doe, but breed the dark colored bucks 

 to the light colored does and the light .colored bucks to 

 the dark colored does. To the novice, the inside rab- 

 bitry will probably give the best results, as it will be 

 much easier to keep the rays of the sun from the rab- 

 bits. The hutches must receive the same careful atten- 

 tion as the Himalayans, for they are easily stained 

 on the feet. Foster mothers should also be used with 

 the Silvers. In shipping stock for the show room, 

 it should be free from any moult, the fur silky and 

 shining bright. The flesh should be firm and solid. 



Silver Brown. 



This rabbit was made in England by crossing 

 Belgian Hare does to Silver Gray bucks and inbreed- 

 ing the youngsters. They made their first appearance 

 jn America during the year of 1915 and were a failure 

 from the start as they proved to be much harder to 

 breed to true color than the Silver Fawns. If they can 



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