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CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF RABBITS

age stock, and this demand has been constantly increasing during the past few years. The advertiser, if he has anything like the right kind of stock, will invariably turn away orders.

Where you have registered stock or the better show stock one of the best means of advertising the value of your stock is to enter them in the rabbit shows and poultry shows where they have a rabbit department.

People see your stock, have a chance to compare it with that of others, and to admire it. If you are fortunate enough to win prizes, so much the better. That is strong advertising in itself and can be made use of in your advertising literature later.

In selling breeding stock, be fair and square. We have already referred to the dishonest tactics of many dealers and hucksters, who merely buy up rabbits from here, there and everywhere, and sell them out again at a good profit. Too often these gentlemen are willing to stretch the truth a point or two in order