BREEDING AND CARE OF RABBITS 



12,000 tons of rabbit meat from New Zealand and 

 Australia. 



California, Colorado, Washington and Oregon are 

 coming to the front and a person can see tame rabbit 

 meat in the public markets of those states. The rabbit 

 fancier has everything in his favor, for the greatest 

 physicians in America have said that tame rabbit 

 meat contains more nutriment than any other meat, 

 and they have recommended its use in hospitals and 

 sanitariums. All the American fancier has to do at 

 the present time therefore, is to raise his rabbits in 

 the proper manner, dress them properly and work up 

 his trade and he will have a fine side line, if not a 

 business proposition in itself. A great many Cali- 

 fornia fanciers on small truck farms are making more 

 money out of their rabbits than from the remainder 

 of their productions combined. 



The outdoor movable hutch will solve the problem 

 for the man on the truck farm, who is afraid he cannot 

 find time to properly take care of the rabbits. These 

 hutches with wire bottoms are self cleaners and the 

 rabbits make nearly all of their own living by eating 

 the grass through the wire mesh. They can be moved 

 each day, require very little attention, and certainly 

 do well. In raising rabbits for good, first class trade, 

 do not try to feed and fatten on green food altogether, 

 for it will not make the flesh solid enough. They 

 must be finished ofif on oats or barley. Bread and milk 

 is also very good for table rabbits. 



After being dressed, the rabbit should be placed in 

 cold water and permitted to stand for one or two 

 hours. In winter a fine way is to let them freeze on 



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