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Explains how to care for, breed and market rabbits, for fun or for profit. Includes requirements for obtaining the rabbit raising merit badge.

·A guide to humanely raising and ranching rabbits as a profitable meat avenue ·Topics cover housing, feeding, breeding, disease management, market outlets, laws and regulations of the rabbit meat industry, and much more ·Learn to make rational management decisions for your own rabbit farm ·Author Deborah Mays has a degree in Wildlife Biology and academic experience in animal husbandry, and runs her own successful rabbit ranching business

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to breeding rabbits for profit, with information on selection, housing, feeding, marketing, and more. Highly-accessible and full of useful information, this timeless book will be of considerable utility to the modern reader with an interest in rabbit breeding, and would make for a valuable addition to collections of related literature. Contents Include: “Commercial Possibilities”, “The Different Breeds”, “Rabbitry”, “Construction Foods and Feeding”, “Breeding”, “Keeping Records”, “Diseases and Ailments”, “Marketing the Products”, “Killing and Dressing”, “Preparing and Cooking”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on breeding rabbits. This book was originally published in 1927.

This work first published during World War II for a readership facing meat shortages contains a wealth of information, much of which is still useful and practical today. Extensively illustrated by text and full page photographs, it forms a complete how-to guide that will appeal greatly to farming enthusiasts and historians alike. Contents Include: Rabbit Meat for the Family, Advice to Beginners, Location of the Rabbitry, Choosing a Breed, Breeding, Feeding, Prevention and Treatment of disease, General Management, Judging Rabbits, Preparing Rabbits for Market, Tanning Rabbit Skins, Marketing Meat and Fur and How to Cook Domestic Rabbit Meat. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.