. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. carrying into one corner all thehay and straw; she then makes a hollow in this and lines it with fur pulled from her breast, tomake a soft, warm bed for her progeny. Whenthe young rabbits have arrived the mothershould be given something juic\, —a carrot orturnip, or perhaps a littlewarm milk and water, — toprevent her from devouringthe little ones, which veryoften happens if she is fever-ish and thirsty and does notknow what she is tortures her, but if shegets something to allay it allgoes well. The day after the
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. carrying into one corner all thehay and straw; she then makes a hollow in this and lines it with fur pulled from her breast, tomake a soft, warm bed for her progeny. Whenthe young rabbits have arrived the mothershould be given something juic\, —a carrot orturnip, or perhaps a littlewarm milk and water, — toprevent her from devouringthe little ones, which veryoften happens if she is fever-ish and thirsty and does notknow what she is tortures her, but if shegets something to allay it allgoes well. The day after the birth thenest should be examined. Ifsome of the young ones aredead they should, of course, betaken away. Sometimes themother gives birth to ten ora dozen, which are more thanshe can comfortably feed. Inthat case some of them should be killed, leav-ing at most six of the largest with the will thrive better and bring more profitthan if all had been left alive. When the young rabbits are six weeks oldit is well to begin to wean them, but not all at. A Giant Flanders Rabbit (Female) the same time, as this would injure the strongest and best developed should betaken away first, and then the others at inter-vals of a day or two. After this the mother RABBITS 255 should be ni\-en two weeks rest, (lurinL,^ whichtime she must be suitabl) fed, so as to reccnerstrength before she proceeds to ha\e anotherlitter. After the youni;- rabbits are taken fromtheir mother the\ shoukl be phiced all togetherin one hutch until they are three months old,the age at which the sexesmust be separated. If therabbits are to be raised forcooking this is the time tobegin to give them solid footl,for at five months the\- oughtto be killed and sold profit-ably. A new male shouldoften be bought, for it is notprudent to raise animals tooclosely related, as diseasesand debility often result. The raising of rabbits hasa financial and moral interestfor the boy. If he has a realaffection f
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