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not possible, in a discussion of this nature, to enumerate all of the breeds of domesticated rabbits and describe them in detail. Such an effort would require a volume in itself. Those breeds included under this heading are only those which do not have any ordinary value for eating purposes. Of course, many of the breeds which we mention under this classification have a value for sale as breeding animals and for fur. In fact there is hardly a domesticated rabbit that does not have some commercial value.

The American Spotted Giant, formerly called the German Checkered Giant, is a large white rabbit with black spots and markings. The bucks weigh 11 pounds or more and the does 13 pounds or over. This rabbit may have a commercial value for meat purposes, but it has not been bred extensively for that purpose as yet.