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Rh You have an opportunity to get acquainted with the habits of the stock, what they like to eat, just what sort of care seems to produce the best results, and to acquire that confidence in yourself as a feeder that is so necessary for success. No matter how much you read about the care of rabbits there is nothing that equals experience, even if for a few months.

The start can be made by purchasing a doe of breeding age and have her bred to a good buck by the breeder from whom you make the purchase. This will give you a litter in thirty days at a very cheap figure and you can later have the doe bred to another buck and in this way start two strains for a very small outlay of cash. Buying a breeding age doe will probably be more expensive than buying small stock because of the value and scarcity of the does, but it will save about a year's time in the matter of getting immediate returns.

Where possible, it is best to buy either a pair or a trio of breeding age animals. This will give you returns at once and you will be in