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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1919 



The Beautifier of Permanence and Lattice 

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Why Not Have Rabbits? — I wish to tell 

 you how much the magazine has helped 

 me and how much I have enjoyed it. Of 

 course, it is said that anything will grow 

 in California but we have our own troubles in 

 San Francisco — slugs for one thing, wind for 

 another, and the pesky sparrows. However, 

 the magazine is the greatest friend one could 

 wish in any case. I would like to tell my ex- 

 perience for the benefit of any subscriber who 

 can profit by it. I have put in four rabbit 

 hutches which take up a space of 3 x 15 ft. 

 as they are 2 ft. high and the lower one is 6 in. 

 off the ground. According to fanciers, they 

 must be allowed 12 sq. ft. of space to be 

 healthy. I have about 65 x 30 ft. of garden 

 mostly in vegetables, of which I get three 

 crops. Rabbits are clean little animals, free 

 from any diseases if kept clean and given fresh 

 food; they multiply rapidly as each litter 

 numbers from 4 to 12 little ones (usually 6 or 

 8); they can be raised successfully on refuse 

 garden truck with very little grain and hay, 

 or dry grass; and they sell readily in the mar- 

 kets here at 23c. per pound, and at four 

 months average 5 to 6 lbs. Rabbits differ 

 greatly. I find that the Belgian Hare has 

 the best disposition, is the easiest to handle, 

 sells and eats best, and is besides the largest 

 rabbit on the scales. My hutches are screened 

 with loganberry bushes and these add to 

 rather than detract from the appearance of 

 my garden. The rabbit manure adds to 

 the fertility of the garden, which is an item 

 in itself. I have two does and one buck for 

 breeding and one hutch for the market rab- 

 bits. I find that four hutches at least are 

 required for the proper care of my rabbits 

 and they are all made with one inch netting 

 doors in front of runs and solid doors on the 

 nests. — Mrs. W. A. Arding, San Francisco, 

 Cal. 



Starting a Lawn On a Slope. — Considerable 

 difficulty is often experienced in getting grass 

 seed to start on the edge of a lawn where 

 it rolls down to meet the curb, and even 

 when once started it is not easy to get the 

 water to remain on the sloping surface long 

 enough to thoroughly wet the sod. I have 

 been able to meet these difficulties and to 

 avoid running water into the street by a very 

 simple method of procedure. Taking an old 

 broom stick and sharpening the end to a long 

 point, I go along the sloping surface and 

 punch holes in the ground about four inches 

 deep and three or four inches apart over the 

 whole of the slope. In watering the lawn it 

 is only necessary to put water enough on this 

 part of it to fill these holes. The water thor- 

 oughly saturates the ground; there is no 

 run off; there is a fine growth right down to the 

 curb. The holes need to be renewed about 

 once in six weeks. Try it. — C. F. Davis, 

 State Agricultural College, Fort Collins, 

 Colorado. 



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