BREEDING AND CARE OF RABBITS 



cannot be ignored in its application to Rabbitcraft. 

 The character of one's market also demands considera- 

 tion and most of us will admit the distinction between 

 the requirements of the canning factory and the pleas- 

 ure of the select retail patronage. 



The practice of dressing rabbits when too young is 

 becoming unpopular and may shortly lead to the selec- 



tion of the proper variety in response to local market 

 demands. 



Type of Hutches. 



Allowing the fact that the type of housing should 

 correspond with the requirements of the breeder, we 

 will present two of them. 



The first (see page 200) serves the purpose of an 

 easily built hutch equipment in the back yard of a 

 city lot, housing a moderate sized herd of rabbits, 

 providing family meat supply, market supply and sale 

 stock for breeding. It answers the following specifi- 

 cations : 



Compactness — requiring but twenty-four square 

 feet of ground space for four does ; 



Cheapness — as the material cost is under $1.50 per 

 hutch ; 



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