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snuffles as they are not yet fully acclimated. 



Breeding fancy rabbits is quite a different 

 matter from breeding food rabbits. Fanciers 

 naturally work for fine points, and favor their 

 breeding animals. They may not try to raise 

 more than two or three litters a year, and re- 

 duce these litters to the best specimens. The 

 utility breeder, on the contrary, aims to pro- 

 duce as many animals as he can without draw- 

 ing too heavily on the vitality of his stock. He 

 will endeavor to get from four to six litters a 

 year from each doe, and will expect her to 

 raise six or seven youngsters. He will keep a 

 limited number of bucks, say at the rate of one 

 for each ten does. He will raise some speci- 

 mens which a fancier would not want seen in 

 his pens. 



The man or woman who is keeping only a 

 few rabbits for home use will perhaps keep 

 no buck at all, but will have his or her does 

 bred at the rabbitry or some neighbor's who 

 has a larger stock. It is not economy to keep 

 a buck which is going to be used only at long 

 intervals. 



Obviously every fancier will have many 

 rabbits which are not good enough to be used 



