CHAPTER II

FEEDING, BREEDING, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUNG

Methods of keeping and caring for dancers--Cages, nest-boxes, and

materials for nest--Cleansing cages--Food supply and feeding--Importance

of cleanliness, warmth, and pure food--Relations of males and females,

fighting--The young, number in a litter--Care of young--Course of

development--Comparison of young of dancer with young of common mouse--

Diary account of the course of development of a typical litter of dancers.

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