BREEDING AND CARE OF RABBITS 



Each complete building has a 7-ft. alley through 

 the center and there are three tiers of sanitary floor 

 hutches on each side. The buildings are six feet apart 

 and the matched board surfaces serving to remove the 

 droppings slant toward the alley between the build- 

 ings where all cleaning is done. Feeding and water- 

 ing are done from the inside 7-ft. alley. The plant 

 represents an investment of nearly $7,000.00. 



The location alongside one of the main thorough- 

 fares between Los Angeles and the Harbor is unsur- 

 passed for the purpose of inviting trade, and the pro- 

 prietors are unable to supply the demand of the retail 

 patronage thus attracted. The enterprise is a finan- 

 cial success. 



The Aims and Methods of Correct Breeding. 



If no other purpose is served by this chapter, it is 

 hoped by the author that the dignified appreciation 

 due our utility rabbits will hereby become better rec- 

 ognized, and that a certified record of extraordinary 

 production will become an established show room 

 specification. 



It is erroneous and misleading to classify utility 

 rabbits — those doing the highest merited work — as 

 "culls" unequal to show room demands. In fact, show 

 room experience is not conducive for service as the 

 origin of utility strains. 



The author is not yet prepared to admit the claims 

 of some others that our standard specifications should 

 be ignored in the selective breeding of highly pro- 

 ductive rabbits. Rather he believes that high produc- 

 tivity is attainable without making our stock ungainly 

 in the eyes of those whose keen appreciation has for- 

 mulated our standards, even though size, weight, vigor 

 and productiveness are our objectives. 



It now seems reasonable to assume that the highly 

 qualified breeder of productive strains of stock will be 



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