. Commercial rabbit farming and the food supply, complete breeder's guide. Rabbits. COMMERCIAL RABBIT FARMING 39 breeders are raising splendid stock in a dim corner of a big barn. Thus, if any prospective rabbit farmer has a building or part of a building available for raising stock, the mere fact that little or no sunshine reaches the spot should not for a moment deter him from engaging in the business. The main essentials in hutch building, then, are as fol- lows : Dry floors, protection from rain and draughts, sun- shine, if possible, and ventilation. A PRACTICAL RABBITRY The rabbitry herew
. Commercial rabbit farming and the food supply, complete breeder's guide. Rabbits. COMMERCIAL RABBIT FARMING 39 breeders are raising splendid stock in a dim corner of a big barn. Thus, if any prospective rabbit farmer has a building or part of a building available for raising stock, the mere fact that little or no sunshine reaches the spot should not for a moment deter him from engaging in the business. The main essentials in hutch building, then, are as fol- lows : Dry floors, protection from rain and draughts, sun- shine, if possible, and ventilation. A PRACTICAL RABBITRY The rabbitry herewith presented is 6x10 feet and 7>^ feet high at gable point, while under eaves the height is 63^ feet. It contains twelve hutches, in three separate stories, each hutch being 3x5x2 feet. Hutches are open on one end, cov- ered with one-inch poultry netting. Drop curtain for stormy days. Nest box in back part of each hutch. Double doors held in position by screen door coil springs. Partitions made of wood. North side same as south side; east side same as west /dooss \ j r?oo«s\ 3X5 \ DOORS ays â i. C ' A 10 FT. 3^(5 DOORS r FIGI ^'^-^ Rabbitry Ground Plan Wherever possible, this rabbitry should be placed under trees, so as to give shade in summer. Have wire-covered ends face east and west, in order to give each row of hutches sun in winter time. FirstâMake frame in four parts, two parts as in Fig. 3 and two parts as in Fig. 4. TO MAKE Parts of frame as in Fig. 3 are made as follows: Tw^o outside uprights are 1x6x6^ ; middle upright, lxl2x 7}4. Cross-pieces are 1x6x10. Two outer upright pieces are nailed so as to protrude ^4 ii^ch (or exact thickness of board) on either end of cross-pieces. Gable piece is made by cutting board 1x12x5 diagonally into two equal parts, as in Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not p
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