82 PRACTICAL RABBIT KEEPING 



lawn, which properly husbanded will reduce 

 the cost of feeding his animals during the sum- 

 mer months to a very small amount. If more 

 grass or clover is gathered than can be eaten 

 up at once, it should be spread on a wire rack 

 so that it will cure without molding or sweat- 

 ing. Then it can be used with perfect safety.; 

 It is best to feed a variety when using green 

 stuff rather than to depend wholly upon any 

 one article like dandelions, for example, cab- 

 bages, or beet tops. 



Some rabbit keepers lay great stress upon 

 the value of cabbages, especially in the winter,, 

 although others, as has been stated, condemn 

 its use at any time. Certain it is that cabbages 

 often constitute the only green food that many 

 rabbits get during the winter months, because 

 cabbages can be kept for a long time if prop- 

 erly stored. It may be said in this connection, 

 though, that the cabbages should not be al- 

 lowed to freeze if they are to be fed to rabbits. 

 They should be kept in a cool place so that 

 they will not decay, but in a place that is above 

 the freezing point. If any of the outside 

 leaves are beginning to decay, they should be 

 carefully removed. There is one disadvan- 



