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BABBITS. 
then the sandy, and lastly, the gray and white. The young fancier may 
either purchase a doe with young, or he may obtain four or five young ones. 
If the former, he should be guided in his selection 
by some experienced person; if the latter, he 
should take especial care that the young ones are 
in good health, and have no signs of pot-belly, and 
that they arc of full size and strong build. The 
rule is, to “take the largest of the rabbits where 
there are the fewest in the litter.” He should 
take them when about six weelft old, and when 
taken they should be placed in pairs, in separate 
hutches, till they are about four months old, when 
each may have a separate hutch. 
THE RABBIT-HOUSE, HUTCHES, ETC. 
The rabbit-house should stand upon a dry foundation, and be well ven¬ 
tilated. Erequently a spare loft, or some such place, will be a very good 
place. The huts, or hutches, should be placed on stands about three feet 
high, around the sides of the rabbit-house. Each hutch intended for breed¬ 
ing should have two apartments, a bedroom and a dining-room. The floor 
of the hutches should be planed smooth, that the wet may run off, and a 
common hoe, with a short handle and a short broom, are convenient for 
cleaning the hutches. The breeding-hutches should be about two feet 
high, two feet six deep, and four feet long; about one-third of this length 
should be separated from the other by a panel and arched doorway, separa- 
‘ ting the dining from the bedroom. Above this there should be a sliding 
door, which can at any time be put down, so as to shut the doe into either 
of the compartments, as occasion may require. The edges of the doorway 
should be cased with tin, as should also the edges of the feeding-trough, and 
