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 . •3dmiw^ Aannv. THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL. 25 the stand pipe to be attached to themain pipe with Ts. This should be ona level. The main pipe should be on alevel. Now, with a hydrant at one endof the rabbitry, connecting with bothrows or ground-floor pens, the 32 pensmay be furnished with water by turn-ing one faucet, the water rising in thesefunnel-shaped cups at the top of thestand pipes. A s
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 . •3dmiw^ Aannv. THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL. 25 the stand pipe to be attached to themain pipe with Ts. This should be ona level. The main pipe should be on alevel. Now, with a hydrant at one endof the rabbitry, connecting with bothrows or ground-floor pens, the 32 pensmay be furnished with water by turn-ing one faucet, the water rising in thesefunnel-shaped cups at the top of thestand pipes. A small stream of watermay be allowed to run all the time, anoverflow pipe being attached to the fun-nel-shaped cup at the fartherest end tocarry off the overflow if, perchance, thesupply should become too great, thusavoiding the wetting of the pens andconsequent dampness, a condition al-ways to be guarded against. Earthen and large open water vesselsafford an opportunity to the young haresto fall and drown, or, if not drown, totake cold, which often results in eitherdeath or a deformed condition. An-other objection is that the wind blowsdust and dirt into these open vessels,and the hares in the pens kick the fil
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