Rabbit-8 to 14 Cents a Pound

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March/April 1970
 
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And while we're on the subject of buying, try to get good, healthy and strong animals. You don't care about a "show" rabbit but do get good blood. They may even cost you from $10 to $25 a trio; you aren't likely to save money by starting out with $3 worth of scrubs. However, don't worry about pedigree or perfect markings or blue ribbon winners.

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Building the Hutch

Rabbits are very hardy animals, easy to raise and extremely clean. They can stand a lot of cold weather. They can't stand very much of a wetting and hot weather gets 'em down. They wear fur coats in summer remember. They have to have clean feed trays and clean water. They need a cool, shady summer place with lots of ventilation, some sunshine occasionally and a good roof. We keep our metal hutch in the barn. We clean it out once a week, keep plenty of straw on the floor and in the nest box (a nail keg with a strip across it - see illustration) and, in winter we water the rabbits night and morning, taking the water out before it freezes. In summer we keep the water trays always full. They drink a lot.

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Here is a recipe for the famous German way of preparing rabbit. Cut up your rabbit meat and put it into a jar. Cover with vinegar or wine and water, equal parts. Add one sliced onion, salt, peppers, few cloves, bay leaves.

Let this soak in a cool place for two days. Then remove and wipe the meat dry and brown it thoroughly in a frying pan, in hot butter, turning it often. Gradually add the sauce or juice you pickled it in, and let simmer about half an hour, until tender. Before serving stir in one cupful of thick sour cream.

There's a lot more you ought to know about raising rabbits before you go ahead. But I've tried to give you an idea of what's involved. There are one or two good books on rabbits that you'll find worth while reading. You ought to have more detailed information about hutch building, about dressing a rabbit, about keeping records, etc. "See Country Bookstore Catalog."

All in all the impression I'd like to leave is that rabbits are one of the first projects any one interested in home food production should investigate.

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