. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. A \\ (Mali) Much has been written of late on the breed-ing of rabbits with the object of improving thequality of their flesh. For our part we thinkthis useless, nearly all the present species beingthe result of crossings. If a good breed is A Young Giant Flanders Rabbit breed, and no exhibition is ever held in whichit is not represented in great numbers. Thisrabbit has its cradle in Flanders, chiefly aboutGhent and vicinity, where especial attention ispaid to its breeding. A few years ago, owingto the \a
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. A \\ (Mali) Much has been written of late on the breed-ing of rabbits with the object of improving thequality of their flesh. For our part we thinkthis useless, nearly all the present species beingthe result of crossings. If a good breed is A Young Giant Flanders Rabbit breed, and no exhibition is ever held in whichit is not represented in great numbers. Thisrabbit has its cradle in Flanders, chiefly aboutGhent and vicinity, where especial attention ispaid to its breeding. A few years ago, owingto the \ast exportation of rabbits to foreigncountries, the quality of the meat deterioratedand the number of buyers diminishedperceptibly. The association of theNeerhof happily intervened intime and succeeded in obtaining asubsidy from the government for thepurchase of male rabbits which re-mained the [iroperty of the associa-tion. Thus the best specimens werepreservetl, good breeding made greatprogress, and the weight of the ani-mals increased. Only a few are fat-tened
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