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Rabbit culture and standard

William F. Roth · 1919 · Scanned text · Free in the US

41,452 words · about 2 h 54 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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About this book

Author
William F. Roth
Language
English
Published
1919
Length
41,452 words · about 2 h 54 min
Sections
4 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (4)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Index to Articles about 1 min
  3. Index to Illustrations under 1 min
  4. Foreword about 2 h 52 min

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Front matter

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Rabbit Culture and Standard

Index to Articles

Foreword 5

To our Friends and Readers, Old and New 8

Rabbit Culture 9

Varieties of Domestic Rabbits 14

The English Lop 14

French Lop 20

Dutch 20

Angora 24

Himalayan 29

Silver Grey 34

Silver Fawn, Silver Brown and Silver Blue 37

English 38

Polish 39

Havanas 40

Black and Tan , 41

Imperial 42

Selfs 42

American Blue 43

Japanese 43

The Flemish Giant 44

Grey Flemish Giants 50

Solid Colored Giants 51

American Spotted Giants 51

Belgian Giants 53

The New Zealand Reds 53

The Belgian Hare 57

Table of Weights 80

Breeding, Building Up a Str„:n and Inbreeding 81

Pedigree 86

Feeding 87

Hutches 91

An Ideal Rabbitry 96

Yards 102

Preparation for Show Room 105

The Rabbit Hospital and Medicii.e Chest 108

Ailments of Rabbits 112

Castration 115

Tanning the Skiiis 116

Nurse Does 119

Pedigree and Registration 120

Condensed Information and Rules for the Rabbitry 122

Preparation for the Table 125

Index to Illustrations

Portrait of C. R. Deardorff 8

English Lop, Colored 13

English Lop 15

Black and White Lop 16,

Ideal Dutch 22

White Angora 25

Black and White Angora 26

Himalayan 31

Trio of High Class Himalayans 32

Silver Grey 35

Ideal English 35

English 36

Steel Grey Flemish Giant 45

A Good Steel Flemish Doe 46

American Spotted 52

A Prize Winning New Zealand 55

Another Prize Winning New Zealand 56

Good Belgian Hare Doe 56

Ideal Belgian Hare 65

A Mother Doe and Her Family 66

American Spotted 79

Black Giant 85

English 86

Line Breeding Chart 83

Hutches 92-100

Fur Caps 117

An Ideal Outdoor Hutch 118

Inside Hutches 121

Black Giant 124

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