HOUSES, HUTCHES AND YARDS 69 



which are likely to gather wherever grain is 

 to be found. 



In some parts of Europe what is called the 

 Morant system is followed. Many French 

 rabbit keepers think this is the ideal way for 

 raising their animals during the warmer 

 months. The hutches are light enough so that 

 they can easily be moved, and they have raised 

 nests so that the rabbits can feed beneath them. 

 These hutches have no floors, but are placed 

 on the grass and moved from day to day. The 

 simplest way is to have projecting handles,, 

 although French fanciers simply use broad 

 hooks to which bars are attached when the 

 hutches are to be moved. 



Of course hutches of this kind must be very 

 strong or they will soon fall to pieces under 

 the constant lifting about which must be given 

 them, as well as their exposure to the weather. 

 They must be made firmly enough, too, so that 

 they can resist the inroads of dogs, cats, and 

 in rural districts, of foxes and other wild ani- 

 mals. Moreover, a considerable amount of 

 grass land is necessary because the same area 

 should not be fed over more than twice each 

 season. Otherwise there is danger of getting. 



