Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1893 — Rearing Rabbits. [ARTICLE]

Rearing Rabbits.

No doubt rabbits may be reared with profit equal to that of fowls if equal care is given to them. The flesh is quite as good as that of any poultry, and the tame kinds are better flavored and larger in size than the ones, which are most difficult to rear. An inclosed piece oi ground is best for a rabbitry, and it snould be kept planted with such plants as the animals like the best, as peas, oats, clover, and turnips, with some parsley, of which they are exceedingly fond. The rest of their food is mode up of bran, oats, fine hay, and turnips or carrots with the tops kept green if possible in the •winter. Cleanliness is indispensable. The largest tame rabbit is the Belgian, which is white and black, and will weigh five pounds when dressed. The lop-eared rabbit is also a large one and quite handsome. The skins arc worth almost a much as the flesh.—[Nibv York Times.