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care which the rabbits receive has everything to do with the success of the venture. And the measure of care which must be applied cannot be understood until the fancier has an intelligent idea as to just what sort an animal the rabbit is, and what is necessary to make it produce as it should.

While housing and feeding and general care have a great deal to do with success in rabbit raising, it is not these factors alone that will determine the success of the venture.

Feeders know that some men can feed animals more than others do and are still unable to get any gains in weight out of them. Two men may feed exactly the same ration, even down to the same weights in food fed and one of them will have a tremendous success, while the other will be unable to get any gains out of his stock.