lWHAT and how to feed 911 



that of dry grains, and results are no better 

 except as a sort of pick-me-up during the win- 

 ter season when a rabbit is run down, perhaps 

 from excessive breeding. 



Hay is absolutely necessary. It should be 

 bright clean hay, too, alfalfa, clover or tim- 

 othy. Quite commonly a little hay is put into 

 the hutch for bedding, and the rabbits eat 

 some of it. It is well, though, to have a rack 

 on the wall at one end of the hutch where 

 fresh clean hay can be put. Such a rack is 

 easily made from a few laths or from poultry 

 wire with a two-inch mesh. 



When it comes to milk, one again finds ar- 

 guments for and against its use. Sometimes the 

 rabbits themselves decline to eat milk at all, 

 but usually they seem to relish it. Whatever 

 may be said, experiments seem to show that 

 dry bread soaked in milk makes an exceed- 

 ingly beneficial food for does just before and 

 after their young are born. It isn't necessary 

 to develop any of the elaborate feeding for- 

 mulas sometimes recommended at this time. 

 A healthy doe will get along very well on oats 

 and hay, if given a supplementary feeding of 

 carrots and other succulent roots. Neverthe- 



