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the coat is to add a small teaspoonful of lin- 

 seed to the concentrated food of each exhibit 

 daily for two or three weeks before the show. 

 No advantage is gained by boiling the seed. 

 Whole seed is preferable to meal, as it keeps 

 better and the fancier can see what he is buy- 

 ing. Linseed cake is sometimes used; but as 

 the best cakes only contain about 10 per cent. 

 of oil, whereas the whole seed probably con- 

 tains about 35 per cent., the latter is better 

 value for money spent on it. 



"Angora rabbits need regular brushing 

 every day to keep them in show form, and on 

 the day before the show white Angoras and 

 Polish will be the better for a dusting with 

 white prepared fuller's earth. Exhibitors of 

 Polish specially recommend flour thoroughly 

 dried in the oven, with 2 oz. blue added to i 

 lb. of flour, as a coat cleaning agent. All such 

 preparations must be thoroughly got rid of 

 with a clean brush or the rabbit may be dis- 

 qualified. 



"Dark-coated rabbits require no real 

 grooming, although some fanciers make a 

 practice of smoothing the coat with the palm 

 of the hand into which a speck of vaseline or 



