CHAPTER III. 
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RABBITS AND PET STOCK. 
CARE AND MANAGEMENT. 
THE BET.GIAN HARE.— LOP-EARED RABBITS.— ANGORA RABBITS.— HIMALAYAN 
RABBITS.— ENGLISH RABBITS.— GUINEA RIGS.— FERRETS.— THE ANGORA CAT. 
Tlio Belgian Ha.re. 
The Belgian hare is pre-eminently the best domesticated rabbit for 
market purposes. They are of a rich hare color, weigh from eight to 
- nine pounds each at maturity, are very prolific, producing from hve to 
e -; c ht young every eight or ten weeks, and the flesn has a fine gamey 
flavor, dressing clean and attractive. They are extremely hardy and 
exempt from disease and vermin, and stand confinement unusually 
well if cleanliness is observe' 1 
Belgian hare. 
A hare at five months of age will weigh from four and one-half to 
five pounds, and will cost less than twenty-five cents to produce, which 
fact alone commends them for home consumption or to the market man. 
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