. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. sented 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 werep
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. sented 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 for the market, and those arenot suitable for breeding. The coloris chiefly fawn or iron-gray, althoughsometimes black, steel-blue, yellow, and whiteoccur. Animals of the two last-named colors arerare and not as large as those of other raising of these giants is not easy, andmuch experience is required to obtain those 256 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS. A Leporide Hare-Colored Rabbit that are strong and handsome. At Ghent thebusiness is chiefly in the hands of the workingclasses, and they are very skillful at it, whichindeed is natural, as their ancestors did it be-fore them and transmitted the experience fromfather to son. We sometimes hear it said thatthe breeding of these robust and handsomeanimals is a secret with the Ghent producers,but this is not so. There is no secret, butonly a good reason, which is that no males areever imported from foreign parts. The Flemishgiants are not good eating. The males are excel-lent for improving the breed of common rabbits. The blue giant of Vienna is one of the latestnovelties. It is a superb crea-ture whose dark blue fur bringsa good price from furriers. Itis produced by crossing thesilver rabbit with the Flan-ders blue giant. Its bones aresmall and its flesh abundantand excellent. The female isvery prolific and at the sameti
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