Chapter XIII. 



PREPARING RABBITS FOR THE 

 TABLE 



IF the rabbit industry is going to assume 

 as extensive proportions in America as 

 abroad increasing attention must be given 

 to the production of meat. Already that is the 

 phase of the business which appeals most to 

 a large number of people. So far, however, 

 the demand for breeding stock has been so 

 persistent that only a limited number of an- 

 imals have been available for market pur- 

 poses. How long this will continue nobody 

 can tell, but it is certain every effort should be 

 made by commercial rabbit.keepers to extend 

 the demand for meat animals as rapidly as 

 possible. Otherwise that demand may not 

 exist in a large way when the point of satura- 

 tion is reached. 



A constantly increasing army of commuters 

 and other people find rabbit meat unsurpassed 



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