The Bonanza rabbitry manual; a practical treatise presenting tested and approved methods for the mating, feeding, management, exhibiting and marketing of the Belgian hare, noblest of the rabbit family . er this manage-ment than when allowed as much free-dom as possible and as many other ad-vantages as is consistent with a stateof captivity. The fact that there has been successto a certain extent in rearing hares inclose confinement has led to the almostuniversal practice. Few people keep anyclose account or make a thorough studyof the advantages of the two they are unable
The Bonanza rabbitry manual; a practical treatise presenting tested and approved methods for the mating, feeding, management, exhibiting and marketing of the Belgian hare, noblest of the rabbit family . er this manage-ment than when allowed as much free-dom as possible and as many other ad-vantages as is consistent with a stateof captivity. The fact that there has been successto a certain extent in rearing hares inclose confinement has led to the almostuniversal practice. Few people keep anyclose account or make a thorough studyof the advantages of the two they are unable to de-termine which is the better, the boxhutch system or the ground-floor, open-air method of management. A closeaccount of births and deaths and alsoof feed and labor shows clearly thatthe latter method has an advantage ofat least 50 per cent, over the former. As a matter of convenience a three-story high, box-hutch arrangement isnecessary as a part of a well-appointedrabbitry, as will be described model rabbitry, will be built in thefollowing manner: First, choose a levelspot upon which to place the the building facing east and west, 20 THE BONANZA RABBITRY THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL. 21 so that pens may be run out at bothsides of the building. The pens facingthe east will get the sun one-half theday and those on the west one-half theday. And also so that it will be con-venient to get around the outer ends ofthe pens with a wheelbarrow or handcart for the purpose of cleaning andfurnishing fresh loam to the pens. Makeyour building with a frame forty-eightfeet long, thirty-two feet wide, withposts at least sixteen feet high. A floormay be placed over the entire bottomif desired but should be at least tenfeet back from each side, leaving anaisle which should be twelve feet either side of this aisle should be arow of pens three feet wide with doorsopening into the aisle. At the side ofthe building, ten feet from this aisle,have anoth
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