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rabbit ‘raisers are friendly people’ 
that enjoy answering your questions 
and trying to help you get started 
right. But if the rabbitry near you 
‘has pedigreed and registered stock 
and prcies fairly high, you had bet- 
ter give this careful consideration. 
Pedigreed stock is the best buy if 
‘you know a little about rabbits. 
There are many losses and dis- 
appointments for the beginner and 
also for the professional breeder. 
So you had better start with a bred 
doe, a doe with litter, and a buck; 
or a buck and two does of breeding 
age. I am writing, primarily for 
those interested in keeping a few 
rabbits for their own table. They 
are really delicious meat. The best 
all-purpose breed, in my estimation, | 
is the New Zeland White, for fur 
and meat. There are more of. this 
breed registered every month than 
any other. But there are many 
other good all purpose breeds. 
Any honest breeder would not sell 
you a doe that is not a good produc- 
er, or a diseased rabbit, but look 
for yourself. Look in the ears for 
scabs. This is canker ear and is not 
‘serious if not neglected. Mineral or 
vegetable oil dropped in twice, a 
week will cure it. Look at the hind 
legs or hocks. If they have .sores 
. on- them, you are in for some 
_ trouble. 
Sore eyes result from unclean 
hutches. Wash their eyes’ with a 
boric acid solution. A sneezing rab- 
bit usually has a cold and need not 
cause much worry. But if it is a 
sticky substance running from it’s 
nose, it has snuffles. Do not buy 
or accept one as a gift. If one of 
your rabbits has snuffles, kill it and 
burn the carcass. 
Do not buy a rabbit with lop ears 
unless you are buying one of the 
English or French Lops. Any other 
is the result of overcrowding or 
rabbits kept in a room extremely 
hot. Crooked legs mean weak 
bones and poor breeding stock. 
Paralysis could be due to an injury, 
or damp hutches or improper breed- 
ing. . 
Buy healthy, bright-eyed, active 
stock. Do not buy from big adver- 
tising firms selling at exhorbitant 
prices, for you will not be able to 
sell for any where near what you 
paid. Nor, as a beginner, should 
you buy’ registered show stock. 
After you raise rabbits awhile, you 
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can more safely try show stock. 
The gestation period is about 30 
days. Provide the doe with a warm 
nest box in cold or damp weather. , 
Do not! let children or dogs bother 
the rabbits, especially the does. 
(Continued in next issue) 

The November-December and 
January-February issues had to be 
combined due to a series of happen- 
stances which I hope will never 
happen again. In the first place, 
money to pay the printer for the 
Sept.-Oct. issue was stolen. Bor- 
rowed from the bank, expecting to 
take up the note promptly from 
checks sent me by my oldest son 
for personal expenses. His wife 
took sick and next, two had to be 
cut one half. Did not quite cancel = 
the note. Next check, usual amount 
went astray in the mail and has 
not been located yet. Next check 
arrived O. K. but too late for Nov.- "aA 
Dec. ae 
My typewriter needed repairs, “ai 
and an injury to my right arm and s 
shoulder makes longhand an in-. “iy 
fliction on both writer and reader. 
Expected the machine back in a me: 
week or ten days. Unfortunately "Se 
the repair man knew it was a wo- | 5. 
man’s machine; hence was not con- — 
cerned about prompt service. Got — I 
it back this week, and am pushing ie 
my streneth to the utmost to get a 
copy ready. mae * 
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price of the Yellow Sheets will have 
to be increased to 35c a year be-. ¥ 
ginning with the March-April. is-— 
sue. Increased printing and postal 
charges force that. All ads and sub- . 
scriptions have been advanced one 
issue because of the omission of the 
Nov.-Dec. issue. And all subscrib- Ai 
ers who have paid for longer terms te 
will be carried full time paid for. 
The Yellow Sheets is not a mon- 
ey making enterprise. It is an of- 
fering to the Lord, a few grains of 
mortar in the building of the King- 
dom of God. You know the glimpsés _ 
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we get in the Bible of economic con: — 
ditions in the Kingdom of God here 
on earth that indicate that home 
owning, gardening, and home food 
production will be much more gen- 
eral than it is now. I am trying to — 
help that along and your help by 
subscriptions, orders for plants, ads 
and circular mailing go right into 
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