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Rh in demand and commands a good price, although not as yet sufficient to warrant their production for the pelt alone.

The New Zealand Red and the Belgian hare are by no means strictly commercial animals. They are the most popular of all in the show room and command excellent prices for this purpose. Good breeding stock is in constant demand at good prices.

The Angora rabbit is distinctively a fancy rabbit. It is small, rounded in shape and has long fur, so long that it gives the rabbit the appearance of being a round ball of silky white fur. This rabbit is probably the most popular of the fancy rabbits at the present time. Like the Angora cats and goats it takes its name from the long, silky hair in the fur. The fur on these animals should be five inches long at four months of age.

The Himalayan is a little aristocrat being pure white with the exception of ears, feet, and tip of nose. It makes an ideal fur rabbit for smaller furs and when made they greatly