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Rh and extending 18 inches. from the sides of the hutch. This hutch really contains four separate and distinct hutches, two being equipped with nest boxes. It is possible to provide a battery of nest boxes on the other end of the hutch and have all four hutches so equipped, but where you have a buck a nest box is not needed.

This hutch can be constructed for around $2 or $3 per hutch, that is $8 to $12 for the entire structure, according to the materials used and the price thereof in your community. It is light, easily moved, compact, easily cleaned and sanitary, and requires less labor to maintain than any hutch that we have used.

There is a center partition made of solid ship-lap lumber which divides the hutch into two compartments. These compartments are further divided by the open hay rack shown in the center of the picture. This hay rack is open and hay can be fed the rabbits without opening the doors.

The doors are on hinges so that they will