. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . long and 2 feet wideand high. Shoe boxes willdo very well for small rab-bits, but larger boxes arerequired for the largerkinds. For an indoor court astable floor or stall may beused. The pens are thenranged one above the other—the first ranged upon 9-inch posts, and the others ^~^ -^v.^mz >,.- with posts 4 inches long. ^ig. Pe7i. The floors are kept littered with chaff or sawdust, or dry sand, and if therabbits are fed upon dry food, they will make very little dampness. A falsefloor of la
. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . long and 2 feet wideand high. Shoe boxes willdo very well for small rab-bits, but larger boxes arerequired for the largerkinds. For an indoor court astable floor or stall may beused. The pens are thenranged one above the other—the first ranged upon 9-inch posts, and the others ^~^ -^v.^mz >,.- with posts 4 inches long. ^ig. Pe7i. The floors are kept littered with chaff or sawdust, or dry sand, and if therabbits are fed upon dry food, they will make very little dampness. A falsefloor of laths nailed upon half-inch strips makes a good dry floor. Double pens, or rather two tiersof double pens, for rab-bits not breeding, areshown in fig. 367. Abreeding pen providedwith a false floor and awire door is shown infig. 368. The door ofthe nest apartment isnot shown so that theslide partition may be .^1. ^r. 1^ seen. The last two Fijr. 2f>^.—Breeding- Pen. are suitable for indoor use. Out-door pens should be tightly roofed, to shed rain, and the watershould be carried
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