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. Runways are unnecessary for rabbits. They do not need grass parks. If you put them out in a grass park they will soon dig out and get away. Where you are training young stock for show purposes, particularly Belgian hares, it is a good plan to have a long narrow hutch for them to run around in. For meat stock, however, better results are obtained by keeping them in ordinary sized hutches.

. All rabbits need plenty of salt. It can be fed in the mash each day, or better still a piece of rock salt can be placed in the hutch, or regular prepared rabbit salt nailed to the side of the hutch. This will give the rabbits an opportunity to partake of it as they desire.

. At all times guard against the possibility of dogs getting near the rabbitry and destroying your herd. The author has had some heart-breaking experiences along this line.

All hutches should be protected by strong