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Title: The first Belgian hare course of instruction. Twenty lessons. Complete directions for buying, sheltering, feeding, breeding ... developing a business, etc. ... with a true history of the Belgian hare ..
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Crabtree, Pleasant Elijah New England Belgian Hare Company Rice, Elmer Cook, 1868-
Subjects: Belgian hare
Publisher: Boston, New England, New England Belgian Hare Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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in cups,one for water, the other for oats. Oats are all the food neces-stary for a hare in shipment, if there is plenty of good hay forbedding. One of the tin cups is for oats, the other for water.A bag of oats should be shipped with each crate, and the ex-pressman directed to feed and water so that the cups willhave something in them all the time. For a tin cup, most shippers use the ordinary, cheap handdrinking cup, cutting the handle with a pair of stout shearsand bending the pieces flat and tacking them to the woodworkof the crate, thus making sure that the cups will be firmlyfixed, and always in place. If a box or crate with beveled top edges is used, the ex-pressman cannot surround it with other boxes so as to shutoff light and air. The card of instructions to the expressman should cautionhim against subjecting the animals to sudden extremes ofheat and cold. In cold or cool weather, alwavs use a box or orate entirelyenclosed, save for breathing spaces at top. It is not necessary
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Copyriglit, 1901, by the New England Belgian HarelCo. SCORING SHAPE OF FRONT FEET. For Description See Page 160 DEVELOPING A BUSINESS 191 to make provision for watering when shipping a three or fourdays journey. Put in three or four carrots, as well as grainand hay, and the moisture in the carrots will satisfy the Bel-gians thirst. It is very important that the shipping crate not have awater tight floor. There should be cracks through which theurine can drain. Make the crate as small as you can in order to get the low-est express rate, but always give the Belgian room enough tostretch and move. The beginner making shipments will find a shipping guideessential. He should ship by that company which will carrythe box or crate clear through to destination. If one companyhas to deliver to another, then the rate will be twice what itwould be if entire carriage was made by one company. Advertising is not always essential to the develop-ment of a business, but it is a great help and in someca

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