The first Belgian hare course of instructionTwenty lessonsComplete directions for buying, sheltering, feeding, breeding ..developing a business, a true history of the Belgian hare .. . rs old. That a doe becomes impotent, as a rule, when five years old. That the buck will kill the does young when they are blindand helpless, if allowed access to her hutch. That if the doe is exhausted at the time of littering, andfeels that she can suckle successfully only a limited number,she will kill the remainder. Some breeders claim she killsthem to allay her thirst. Water should be plentiful at
The first Belgian hare course of instructionTwenty lessonsComplete directions for buying, sheltering, feeding, breeding ..developing a business, a true history of the Belgian hare .. . rs old. That a doe becomes impotent, as a rule, when five years old. That the buck will kill the does young when they are blindand helpless, if allowed access to her hutch. That if the doe is exhausted at the time of littering, andfeels that she can suckle successfully only a limited number,she will kill the remainder. Some breeders claim she killsthem to allay her thirst. Water should be plentiful at such atime. That a doe breeding seven times a year and having eightyoung at each littering will find herself at the end of four yearssurrounded by 1,274,840, provided her offspring breed with thesame frequency. That the last remark shows how ridiculous is the contrastbetween figures and facts. That the duration of their natural life is said to be from sixto nine years. That variety of food is essential to the production of thefinest specimens. That blood will tell, and that it is impossible to get pointswhich are lacking in both buck and doe. That starvation is something to look out Copyright, 1901, by the New England Belgian Hare Co. SCORING SHAPE OF EAR. For Description See Page 159. USEFUL HINTS 18S That their voice is seldom heard, but when it is, it is usuallya weak, plaintive cry. When irritated, the cry becomes pierc-ing. That in Belgium they are fattened for the market by beingconfined all their days on a shelf a few feet from the ground,so narrow that they cannot even turn around. Lacking anyexercise, and being fed on meat-producing food, they attainlarge size. That an old one is told by the general solidity and thinnessof skeleton, especially at the joints, by a fat belly and extralength and extra thickness of nails. Sometimes the nails arecut by dealers to deceive the purchaser in the matter of age. That Belgian hares are better than Flemish Giants becausethey
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