48 PRACTICAL RABBIT KEEPING 



does bred to a good buck owned by a more ex- 

 tensive breeder for a small fee. It is much 

 better in the long run to adopt this practice, 

 providing you can secure the service of a high 

 grade buck, rather than to use a poor buck in 

 your own hutches. It hardly pays to purchase 

 an expensive buck simply for breeding pur- 

 poses, if you have only a few does. By the 

 time you have increased your stock to six or 

 eight breeding does, you will be justified in 

 buying the best buck that you can afford. Of 

 course this is speaking only in a general way. 

 You may be so situated that it will be neces- 

 sary for you to have a buck at the beginning, 

 although there is usually no difficulty about 

 purchasing a bred doe. 



The amount to pay is a question which can- 

 not be readily decided for you. The follow- 

 ing are the prices quoted in the circular of 

 one of the largest and best known breeders in 

 the eastern states : 



Belgian Hares, young stock, eight to sixteen 

 weeks old, bred from prize-winning bucks 

 and good does; price per pair, $3.50; per trio, 

 $5.25, Young stock of the highest quality, 

 bred from registered bucks and does; many 



