INDEX 



1167 



E 

 English rabbits, 13, 30 

 Europe, rabbits in, 11 

 Exhibiting, pleasures of, 115 

 Exhibitions, 24 

 preparing for, 116 



E 

 Eancy rabbits, 6, 10, 12 



breeding, 116 

 Earms, rabbit, 23 

 Eeeding green stuff, 81 



pregnant does, 91, 94 



young rabbits, 44, 81, 92 

 Fighting, how to prevent, 78 

 Flemish Giants, 13, 17 

 Eoundation stock, importance 



of, 116 

 Eur, 11 



making garments from, 140 



sources of, 136 



uses of, 138 



value of, 137 



Giant rabbits, 26 

 American Spotted,29 

 Black Flemish, 28 

 Black Siberian, 28 

 crosses of, 49, 98 

 Gray Flemish, 27 

 Steel Gray Flemish, 27 

 White, 28 



Grain, amount required, 93 

 variety in, 90 



Grievance Committee, 158 



H 

 Hares, 9, 25 

 Hay, amount required, 93 



character of, 91 

 Healthy rabbits, how to know, 



52 

 Himalayan rabbits, 13, 33, 44 

 History of the breeds, 9 

 Hutches, character of, 55 



for young stock, 72 



indoor, 58 



movable, 59 



nest boxes in, 63 



outdoor, 59, 66 



self-cleening, 60 



size of, 56 



In-breeding, meaning of, 106 

 result of, 108 



Kale, curly Scotch, 87 



Lifting rabbits, manner of, 77 

 Line-breeding, jnanner of, 107 

 Literature of I'ia.bbit keeping, 



162 > 



Litters, number of per year, 



96 



size of, 104 

 Lop ear, cause of, 162 

 Lop-eared rabbits, 10 



English, 32 



French, 15 



