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    A Guide to Keeping Rabbits on a Smallholding - A Selection of Classic Articles on Housing, Feeding, Breeding and Other Aspects of Rabbit Management
    A Guide to Keeping Rabbits on a Smallholding - A Selection of Classic Articles on Housing, Feeding, Breeding and Other Aspects of Rabbit Management
    A Guide to Keeping Rabbits on a Smallholding - A Selection of Classic Articles on Housing, Feeding, Breeding and Other Aspects of Rabbit Management
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    A Guide to Keeping Rabbits on a Smallholding - A Selection of Classic Articles on Housing, Feeding, Breeding and Other Aspects of Rabbit Management

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    This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative publications on the subject of self-sufficiency and smallholding. The titles in this range include "Growing Tomatoes on a Smallholding" "Equipping the Smallholding" "A Small-Holder's Guide to Accounts and Marketing" and many more. Each publication has been professionally curated and includes all details on the original source material. This particular instalment, "A Guide to Keeping Rabbits on a Smallholding" contains information on housing, feeding, breeding and much more. It is intended to illustrate the general aspects of rabbit keeping and serves as a guide for anyone wishing to obtain a general knowledge of the subject and understand the field in its historical context. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateSep 6, 2016
    ISBN9781473358546
    A Guide to Keeping Rabbits on a Smallholding - A Selection of Classic Articles on Housing, Feeding, Breeding and Other Aspects of Rabbit Management

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      A Guide to Keeping Rabbits on a Smallholding - A Selection of Classic Articles on Housing, Feeding, Breeding and Other Aspects of Rabbit Management - Read Books Ltd.

      Baker

      RABBIT KEEPING

      1. NEST BOX

      (Illustrated on page 62)

      Materials required (nett sizes):

      2. RABBIT HUTCH

      (Illustrated on page 62)

      This hutch contains two compartments, each of which may be used for breeding purposes by the addition of a nest box.

      Materials required (nett sizes):

      PROCEDURE:

      1. Make mortises in posts for ends, back and front rails.

      2. Cut tenons on rails for mortises in posts.

      3. Assemble ends—square up—nail boards to ends—fix slide runners in position.

      4. Make mortise and tenon joints in front rails and door posts—fix posts to rails.

      5. Fix front and back rails to ends—square up hutch.

      6. Nail floor boards in position.

      7. Make central partition and fix it.

      8. Nail back boards to hutch.

      9. Make roof and fix it.

      10. Make all doors and slides—fit doors and hinge them to hutch—fit slides—make easy sliding fit.

      11. Treat floor with hot tar.

      12. Distemper inside of hutch.

      13. Creosote exterior.

      RABBIT-KEEPING

      For Wool, Flesh And Fur

      A

      ABSCESS. Collection of pus accompanied by swelling.

      Cause: Disease or neglected injury.

      Treatment: Make incision in swelling after painting with tincture of iodine, squeeze out pus, and dress cavity with tincture of iodine until inflammation subsides. In case of deep cavity protect with dressing of boracic lint held in place to skin which first should be shaved.

      ABORTION. Premature birth of litter.

      Causes: Fright, disease, over-fatness. The remedies are obvious.

      ACORNS. Suitable food in small quantities. Must not be used unripe. May be fed whole or ground.

      ADULT. Adult age in small breeds is 6 months, and in large and medium breeds 8 months.

      AGOUTI. Term used to denote fur of a colour resembling that of wild rabbits.

      AIR-DRYING. Pelts of fur rabbits sold to the furrier must always be air-dried. The method is as follows: Place fresh pelt on a board, fur side downwards. Pull into shape (mainly oblong) sufficiently to eliminate pockets or wrinkles, but do not stretch tightly, and fix with drawing pins. Hang felt in even temperature until dry, removing with a knife any flesh or fur after about 24 hours. Air-dried felts are ready for marketing or may be stored almost indefinitely. (See Storage of Pelts).

      ALASKA, OR NUBIAN. A black rabbit said to have been produced originally by crosses involving Dutch and Silver Greys. Fur dense, soft and glossy. Yields a very useful pelt. Weight 5-6lbs.

      ALBINO. Term applied to a rabbit having pure white fur or wool and pinkskin and eyes.

      ANGORAS

      Angora rabbit-keeping has made very extensive strides in the last few years and the Angora is now the most popular breed of all. Angoras are not kept with the main object of producing pelts or meat, although the pelts of any rabbit dying in good condition of coat has a certain market value and unwanted Angoras may be killed off for table purposes. They are kept primarily for their wool which is now an essential requirement in the world’s markets. There are great possibilities in its production, certainly as a side line and, under certain conditions, as a whole time occupation.

      The wool is clipped or plucked from the living rabbit (see Harvesting) and requires no preparation before marketing. It is used in the manufacture of yarns, materials, hats, etc. and its price to the producer varies from approximately 10s. to 26s. per lb. according to grade (see Grading).

      The wool of the purely British, or exhibition, Angora, which is of great length and very fine texture, is usually less in demand than that of the newer utility type which has been obtained mainly by careful crossing of British with Continental stock. The wool of the utility Angora is comparatively short and of a texture which inclines to coarseness or strength of fibre. There is also a fairly wide distinction between the types in other respects.

      The exhibition Angora weighs from 6-9lbs. and, when sitting with the wool brushed up, gives an impression of roundness. The ears are furnished with tufts of wool and the head, which is broad and of noble appearance, is well woolled, as are the hind legs and feet.

      The utility Angora is generally larger and more massive, and its head, ears and feet often tend to be plain rather than furnished.

      The Angora is naturally an albino with pure white wool and pink eyes, but coloured varieties have been made by crossing, in the first place, with short-coated coloured breeds. Thus we have Angoras of Blue, Brown, Black, Smoke, Golden and various other colours. It is the wool of the White Angora only which is required to any great extent at present.

      There are, however, probabilities that coloured Angora wool may be required in increasing quantities for hand spinning. Coloured Angora wool for hand spinning sells at from 30s. to 36s. per lb. and the most popular colours are Brown, Black and Golden.

      ANISEED. A flavour much liked by rabbits. A drop of oil of Aniseed added to medicine often results in the rabbit taking this naturally and avoids necessity of forcible dosing. Aniseed has a carminative or soothing action.

      APPLES are appreciated by rabbits and can be fed as a change from roots (see Roots) in winter. Apple peelings and cores may be used. Never feed unripe apples.

      APERIENTS. The best remedies for this common complaint are medicinal paraffin, linseed or olive oil in teaspoonful doses, or Glauber’s or Epsom salts (1 table-spoonful to each gallon of drinking water).

      ARGENTÉ. One of the oldest breeds of tame rabbit kept for fur, flesh and exhibition. The three recognised varieties of Argenté are:

      Argente De Champagne. Useful breed of fur rabbit, having bluish white fur ticked with black with undercolour of dark slate blue and very dense and silky. Weight 7-10lbs.

      Argente Bleu. This variety has bluish-white fur with lavender-blue undercolour, dense, silky and glossy. Weight about 7lbs.

      Argente Creme. This variety has creamy-white fur with orange undercolour, silky and dense. It is smaller and neater than the Champagne or Bleu. Weight 4 1/2lbs. to 6 1/2lbs.

      ARTICHOKES, JERUSALEM. A useful plant to cultivate for rabbits. Tuber, stem and leaves are all readily eaten by stock.

      ASPERGILLOSIS. Disease of the lungs occurring occasionally in the rabbit.

      Symptoms: Fever, hastened or laboured breathing: usually constipation.

      Treatment: As for Pneumonia (see Pneumonia).

      AWNS. Term sometimes applied to the guard hairs in the coats of rabbits (see Guard Hairs).

      B

      BABY. Rabbit from birth to 3 months

      BARLEY. Not a good food for rabbits except as final preparation for killing. Best used in form of barley meal mixed with other meals in mashes.

      BASKET, TRAVELLING. Sometimes used in preference to a box for carrying show and other rabbits. Recommended in summer as admitting more air (see Box, Travelling).

      BEAN MEAL (Soya). Very heating but useful for feeding in small quantities in mash for promoting fertility (see Mashes).

      BEAVER. Recognised fur breed. Fur is brown resembling real beaver with bluish-grey under-colour, very lustrous, silky and dense. Weight up to 9lbs.

      BEDDING. A good bed of straw or hay is advised for all breeds in cold weather, and at all times for does in kindle or nursing and for exhibition Angoras, unless the latter are kept on wire floors. Best bedding for exhibition Angoras is wheat straw cut into 12in. lengths.

      BEIGE. Exhibition and fur breed. Has silky loose-lying fur of dark chamois or light sea sand colour, faintly ticked with Vienna blue, shading upwards from light to dark. Maximum weight 5-61bs.

      BELGIAN HARE. One of the oldest exhibition and table breeds. Has a fine graceful appearance, closely resembling a hare. The colour is rich deep tan or chestnut shade ticked with black.

      BELLOWS resembling kitchen or blacksmith’s bellows are much used for keeping the coats of exhibition Angoras open and free from matting. Approx. prices: Hand bellows 7s. 6d. Foot bellows 25s. (See Grooming).

      BEVEREN. Very popular flesh and fur breed. There are four varieties, Blue, Black, Brown and White. An important characteristic is the mandoline shaped body which makes the Beveren an excellent table rabbit. The fur is soft, silky and

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