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COLORADO RECORD
■TATI’S WEALTH INCREASED SY
* looms or millions in
YEAR OF PROSPERITY.
|ELPS NATION WIN WAR
products valued at
•148,000,000 AND EVERY INDUS
TRY GROWS IN IMPORTANCE.
WMtirm Mnriptpir Union Nova lonrtco.
COLORADO’S 1117 OUTPUT.
1917. 1919.
Agriculture.. 8146,600.000 $ 91,151.770
Wheat .... 10.114,000 17,818,000
Hay 47,491.000 80.790,000
Beana .... 7.041.000 1.781,000
Peachea .. 1.400,000 506,000
Beat Sugar. 80.184.750 18.789.050
fiusar beeta 18.801,000 11.816,400
Denver bank
cl*arinffa... ,879,911.510 081,799.040
Den rer bank
depoaita .. 110.949.071 110,041,799
Denver bldg.
permit* ... 4.818.150 4.087^440
Coal (tona).. 11.000,000 10,800,000
Mf<L produota 100,000,000 140.000,000
Live a t o e k
production. 448,096,000 106,061.000
Cold 16,000,000 19.168,811
Silver 5,915.680 5.038,006
Zinc 9.918.000 17.994.252
Copper 1.870,000 1.111,694
Lead 6.986.000 4.898.072
Holybdenum.
vanadium,
uranium,
tungaten,
radium ... 6,000,000 0,000,000
Cripple Creek
Sold 12,588,177 14.486.078
Denver. —Colorado has made good In
the campaign to feed a nation at war!
With 1917 farm products valued at
more than $145,500,000, as compared
with $91,000,000 in 1916, the farmers
of the Centennial state have answered
the plea of President Woodrow Wil
son for redoubled efforts in agricul
tural districts that this nation and the
allies might be fed while their Bons
are fighting for world, democracy.
The 1917 crops were of the bumper
brand. Its output of metals was enor
mous. Its stockmen hurled into the
busy marts of trade more cattle, sheep
and hogs than had been dreamed of
heretofore. Its sugar supply relieved
to a marked extent the shortage that
worried government food experts.
Its automobile trade grew by leaps
, and bounds, keeping pace with the un
precedented prosperity of the state as
1 a whole. Its tourist traffic and num
ber of visitors to the national parks
exceeded that of other years. New
towns arose under the reign of gen
eral endeavor. Oil shale and rich de
posits of like nature Were brought to
light. Colorado manufacturers en
larged and established plants. Dairy
products reached a value of $17,000,-
000. Colorado banks Increased In vol
ume of business to the extent of $27,-
094,970. Colorado entered heartily In
to all patriotic campaigns and national
drives.
Throughout the entire state of Colo
rado a wave of agricultural expansion
swept all districts and a result was
that the value of the farm crops ag
gregated $146,500,000, a total that
looms large against the worth of all
agricultural yields of 1916, which was
$91,152,700. The present advance can,
of course, be deemed a guiding star
to the still greater progress apparent
ly inevitable In the Colorado areas In
1918. The farmers are making bigger
plans than ever before and, with good
rains and sunshine, will certainly
strike more powerful sledgehammer
blows at the world's food scarcity.
Army and Navy records undoubted
ly will show that the Colorado dis
trict, according to the national pro
rata of population, did more than any
other state In patriotism. The Na
tional Guard of Colorado supplied
more than 4,000 soldiers and officers
to the American military forces and
also furnished $586,000 worth of sup
plies and equipment; 9,600 Colorado
ans wers dratted into the army; 960
Colorado patriots voluntarily enlist
ed In the Army and Navy; the state
gave more than $1,600,000 to the Red
Cross funds, and the Colorado sub
scriptions to the First and Second Lib
erty Loans totaled $4L017,850.
A year ago the value of all live
stock In Colorado was $122,781,000,
while today the figure Is $171,425,000,
a most emphatic showing that the
stockmen nobly responded to Uncle
Sam’s appeal for greater food produc
tion. The Denver stockyards had
many large structures erected during
1917. This city Is virtually the larg
est sheep market In America and the
local packing plants handled $6,000.-
000 more cattle, sheep and hogs In
1917 than they did In 1916.
The gain In land under cultivation
> this stats In 1917 over the 1916
«rea amounted to 600,000 acres addi
tional, which acreage formerly was
nsec mostly for pasture land. The
value of the crops to growers In 1917
was more than 10 per cent greater
than during the preceding year. Four
hundred famlllse moved Into the state
within the last eighteen months and
settled on agricultural territory.
The total amount of sugar produoed
In Colorado In 1917 was 499400,000
pounds and tor the best crop the
fanners of the state received $11,262,-
000. Fifteen factories In Colorado
were operated In crushing the beets
and making the white grains. The
value of the statars sugar ersp In the
markets will be IM404.no.
All former total values of wheat
arope In the state were made to leak
small by the Immense worth of the
wheat yields of Colorado In 1917, the
growers receiving the highest prleas
•vur known. Ik* tkMt crop of the
laat twelve »»—«*- was greater by
100,000 bushel* than la any preceding
pear, the Ul7 jMd being 16,000,000
bushel*, worth about 961/100,000.
There are 22,620 mar* motor earn in
Colorado today than a year ago, the
total number of autoa in the state be
ing 68.500, and lor the** additional
oar* the buyers la 1917 paid more
than 916,000,000.
The hay crop of Colorado of 1211
had a value at 947,492,000, against a
state hay yield in 1916 that was worth
926.7*0.000. Hay la the state's most
valuable agricultural product High
prices were paid throughout the na
tion in 1917 for the hay crops and
the growers in every way fared mors
prosperously than ever before.
The fact that 117,000 persons visit
ed the national parks in this stats
during 1917 signifies that the glorious
ly attractive glens and forests of ths
Rocky mountains are becoming mors
famous from year to year. No othei
state in the Union has so many scenic
attractions.
One of the most encouraging indices
to the new growth of Colorado is ths
fact that in Weld county several new
towns have been established during
the last three years, these communi
ties including Raymer, Keota, Buck
ingham. Stoneham and drover, towns
that were instituted as a result of the
recent new industry of growing pinto
beanß and other crops. More than
60,000 acres in Weld county were
used in 1917 for the growing of pinto
beans, the total production in this dis
trict being 28,000,000 pounds. A large
part of this yield has been bought by
the Federal Government as Army and
Navy supplies. The entire agricul
tural yield in Weld county during 1917
aggregates In value $20,000,000.
The growing demands of the world
for more crude oil and gasoline has
turned the limelight of petroleum
trade towards the mountains of shale
in northwestern Colorado, and al
ready tracts of this area are being
taken up, refining plants built and
new companies formed to develop the
deposits. Geologists estimate that in
this state there Is enough shale to
produce 20,000,000,000 barrels of pe
troleum, which could be refined Into
2,000,000,000 barrels of gasoline.
The Increase in the value of the
Coloradoan dairy products In 1917
over the preceding twelve-month
amounted td $2,000,000, the total
worth of these commodities produced
in the state during the past year be
ing $17,000,000. The total is for milk,
fresh used and canned, cheese, but
ter and so forth.
Nobody could help seeing the beau
ty, seal, patriotism, cheer and uplift
that sublimely characterized the worn-'
en and girls of Colorado in their vic
torious works for the Red Cross, Lib
erty Loans, formation of war-time so
cieties, food production and conserva
tion and other channels of necessity.
Sixteen millions of dollars’ worth of
gold was taken from the Cripple
creek mines during the past twelve
months. Still greater ore bodies are
being found as the workings go deep
er, and the 1918 total Is expected to
reach twenty millions. The aggregate
value of the copper output of the
state In 1917 was more than $2,000,-
000; the total yield of silver In the
state during the year reached nearly
$6,000,000; the lead output was $5,-
936,000, and $9,918,000 worth of zinc
was gotten from the' 1917 ore reduc
tion. The total value of the five met
als mined in the state in the last
twelve months was $40,165,000. The
soaring price of silver had a stimulat
ing effect on mining. Labor scarcity
was a handicap, but was not heavy
enough to daunt the spirit of progress
shown by the mining men.
Deposits in the banks of Colorado
Increased In volume $27,094,976 dur
ing 1917, and today the total of depos
its in the financial Institutions of the
state Is $260,319,057. Denver set a
record-breaking pace in financial ad
vancement for all other zones In Col
orado, for the first time In local his
tory the clearings of Denver banks
passed the $100,000,000 a month mark
in 1917. The total Denver clearings
for the year reached $879,911,630, a
gain of $197,111,890, or 28.8 per cent,
over the 1916 record.
With a world-wide scarcity of fuel
the Colorado coal mines proved tbelr
worth in 1917 by yielding $30,000,000
worth of black diamonds. The 219
coal mines of the state produced 12,-
000,000 tons of the fuel, against an
output of 10,800,000 tons in 1916 and
8,700,000 tons In 1915. The $30,000,-
000 set forth as the value of the 1917
yield is figured on an average worth
of $2.50 a ton. Two Impediments, la
bor scarcity and car shortage, pre
vented the Colorado coal yield of 1917
from reaching a total of 14,000,000 or
16,000,000 tons.
Fully $2,000,000 worth of vegetables
was raised in the war gardens In Den
ver in 1917, as a patriotic response to
the federal admonition for food pro
duction.
In 1909 the total value of Colorado’s
fruit crop was $4,680,000, and in 1917
the aggregate worth of the fruit yield
reached $6,160,000. Beven-elghtha of
the state’s fruit crop is of apples and
peaches. Labor scarcity in harvest
ing and shipping work and advene
weather conditions in 1917 acted, of
comae, as drawbacks to the orchard
ing industry in this state. The prloee
paid for the fruit were the highest In
years, the canning ooncems vicing in
paying attractive rata* far the apples
most pnobn.
The value *f the poultry products
of Colorado la I*l7 totaled *7,260.000.
this aggregate number representing
2,500.000 chicken* and 12/MO.OOO do*.
an eggs brought ini* market tram the
THE CHKYBNNB RECORD.
GERMAN HONOR
DRAGGED IN DUST
Solemn Pronriees Made to Bel
glane Proved to Be Worse
Than Worthless.
ALL APPEALS WERE; FLOUTED
Pathetic and Dignified Bupplleatlons of
Municipal Governments Answered
by Rebuke and Heavy Fins
Imposed by General Hopfer.
Over the earnest protest of Cardi
nal Mercier, heroic head of the
church in Belgium t the terrible
plaps of the kaisers high officers
concerning the deportation of the
people were carried out . The sol
emnly pledged word of the German
governor general of Belgium count
ed as nothing in the malignant hate
shown by the kaiser's creatures.
Cardinal Mercier attempted to per
suade the German authorities to aban
don their terrible plans for the seizure
of Belgians to assist in the prosecu
tion of the war, reminding them of
their solemn promises in the past:
.“Malines, 19th October, 1918.
“Mr. Governor General:
“The day after the surrender of Ant
werp the frightened population asked
itself what would become of the Bel
gians of age to bear arms or who would
reach that age before the end of the
occupation. The entreaties of the fa
thers and mothers of families deter
mined me to question the governor of
Antwerp, Baron von Huene, who had
the kindness to reassure me and to
authorize me in his name to reassure
the agonized parents. The rumor had
spread at Antwerp, nevertheless, that
at Liege, Namur, and Charleroi young
men had been seized and taken by
force to Germany. I therefore beg
ged Governor von Huene to be good
enough to confirm to me in writing the
guarantee which he had given to me
orally, to the effect that nothing sim
ilar would happen at Antwerp. He
said to me immediately that the ru
mors concerning deportations were
without basis, and unhesitatingly he
sent me in writing, among other state
ments, the following: 'Young men have
no reason to fear that they will be ta
ken to Germany, either to be there en
rolled in the army or employed for
forced labor.’
Solemn German Premieee Broken.
“Upon the arrival of your predeces
sor, the late Baron von der Goltz, at
Brussels I hod the honor of presenting
myself at his house and requested him
to be good enough to ratify for the en
tire country, without time limit, the
guarantees which General von Huene
had given me for the province of Ant
werp. The governor general retained
this request in his possession in order
to examine it at his leisure. The fol
lowing day he was good enough to
come in person to Malines to bring me
his approval, and confirmed to me, in
the presence of two aides-de-camp and
of my private secretary, the promise
that the liberty of Belgian citizens
would be respected.
“Notwithstanding all this, your gov
ernment now tears from . their homes
workmen reduced in spite of their ef
forts to a state of unemployment, sep
arates them by force from their wives
and children and deports them to en
emy territory. • Numerous workmen
have already undergone this unhappy
lot; more numerous are those who are
threatened with the same acts of vio
lence.
Mereler*s Moving Appeal.
“In the name of the liberty of domi
cile and the liberty of work of Belgian
citizens; in the name of the inviola
bility of families; in the name of mor
al interests which the measures of de
portation would gravely compromise;
in the name of the word given by the
governor of the Province of Antwerp
and by the governor general, the im
mediate representative of the highest
authority of the German empire, I re
spectfully beg your excellency to be
good enough to withdraw the measures
of forced labor and of deportation an
nounced to the Belgian workmen, and
to be good enough to reinstate in their
homes those who have already been
deported.
“Your excellency will appreciate how
painful for me would be the weight of
the responsibility that I would have
to bear as regards these families, If
the confidence which they have given
you through my agency and at my re
quest were lamentably deceived.
“I persist In believing that this will
not be the case.
“Accept, Mr. Governor General, the
assurance of my very high considera
tion.
“D. J. CARDINAL MERCIER,
“Arch, of Malines.**
‘Municipal governments in Belgium
appealed to the German authorities to
observe their promises. The two doc
uments which follow illustrate Belgian
MUCH IN LITTLE
H. L Llghteap of Greensburg, Pa.,
wbo waa unable to get eufflclent belp
during the day to do hla threehlng. ob
tained a forca from the ahopa and did
the work by electric light.
Rafadlta la the name of a petroleum
found abundantly In the Argentine
prowlncea of Mendoaa and Patagonia.
It In an probability be utilized
ccoaMarably In the future. The repnb>
He la rich In petroleum, from Salta to
Aaaddfgga
appeals and German answer*
Tn tike matters of the requisition
made by the German authorities on Oc
tober 20, 1016 (requisition of a list of
workmen to be drawn up by the mu
nicipality) . . .
“The municipal council resolves to
maintain its attitude of refusal.
“It further feels It its duty to place
on record the following:
“The city of Touraai is prepared to
submit unreservedly to all the exigen
cies authorised by the laws and cus
toms of war. Its sincerity cannot b«
questioned. For more than two yean
it has submitted to the German occu
pation, during which time it has lodged
and lived at close quarters with th«
German troops, yet it has displayed
perfect composure and has refrained
from any act of hostility, proving
thereby that it Is animated by no idle
spirit of bravado.
“In his declaration dated Septembex
2, 1914, the German governor genera)
of Belgium declared: T ask none ts
renounce his patriotic sentiments/
“The city of Tournal reposes con
fidence in this decaratlon, which it la
bound to consider as the sentiment of
the German emperor, in whose name
the governor general was speaking. Id
accepting the inspiration of honor and
patriotism, the city Is loyal to a funda
mental duty, the loftiness of which
must be apparent to any German offi
cer.
Answer Is Lecture and Fins.
“Tournal, 23rd October, 1916.
“In permitting Itself, through th«
medium of municipal resolutions, to
oppose the orders of the German mili
tary authorities In the occupied ter
ritory, the city is guilty of an unexam
pled arrogance and of a complete mis
understanding of the situation created
by the state of war.
“The ‘clear and simple situation* la
in reality the following:
“The military authorities order tne
city to obey. Otherwise the city must
bear the heavy consequences, as I have
pointed out in my previous explana
tions.
“The general commanding the army
has inflicted on the city—on account
of its refusal, up to date, to furnish
the lists demanded —a punitive con
tribution of 200,000 marks, which must
be paid within the next six days, be
ginning with today. The general also
adds that until such time as all the
lists demanded are in his hands, for
every day In arrears, beginning with
December 31, 1916, a sum # of 20,000
marks will be paid by the city.
“HOPFER, Major General,
“Etappen-Kommandant.**
The Commission Syndicate of Bel
gian workingmen also attempted to in
duce the German authorities to aban
don their terrible plans.
Recited Wrongs of Workmen.
“Commission Syndicale of Belgium,
“Brussels, 30th Oct., 1916.
[To the Governor General of Belgium.]
“Excellency: The measures which
are being planned by your adminis
tration to fores the unemployed to
work for the Invading power, the de
portation of our unhappy comrades
which has begun in the region of the
etapes, move most profoundly the en
tire working class In Belgium.
“The undersigned, members and rep
resentatives of the great central so
cialist and Independent syndicales of
Belgium, would consider that they had
not fulfilled their duty did they not ex
press to you the painful sentiment
which agitate the laborers and convey
to you the echo of their touching com
plaints.
“For more than two years the la
boring class more than any other has
been forced to undergo the most bit
ter trials, experiencing misery and
often hunger, while its children far
away fight and die, and the parents
of these children can never convey to
them the affection with which their
hearts are overflowing.
Pathetic Appeal Disregarded.
“Our laboring class has endured
everything with the utmost calm and
the most Impressive dignity, repressing
its sufferings, its complaints and heavy
trial* sacrificing everything to Its
Ideal of liberty and Independence. But
the measures which have been an
nounced will make the population drain
the dregs (of the cup) of human sor
row; the proletariat, the poor upon
whom unemployment has been forced,
citizens of a modern state, are to be
condemned to forced labor without
having disobeyed any regulation or
order.
“In the name of the fanfllles of
workmen among which the most pain
ful anxiety reigns at present, whose
mothers, whose fiancees, and whose
little children are destined to shed so
many more tears, we beg your excel
lency to prevent the accomplishment
of this painful act, contrary to In
ternational law. contrary to the dig
nity of the working classes, contrary
“to everything which makes for worth
and greatness in human natrue.
“We beg your excellency to pardon
our emotion and we offer you the hom
age of our distinguished -consideration.**
(Appended are signatures of mem
bers of the national committee and
the Commission Syndicale.)
Yon Biasing In his reply. November
S. practically admitted the truth of the
complaint by attempting to Justify the
measures protested against.
The Philippine hat Industry, which
boasts hand-made products akin to
those of Panama, In 1916 more than
doubled the value of its 1915 exports
and established a new high record with
a trade exceeding 9800,000 in value.
A substitute for fire clay, patented
in France, employs bine pottery clay,
one part; common salt, one-half part;
coal ashes, one-gnarter part; flue sand,
one-quarter part and glass, one-eighth
part These ingredients are well
ground together and are then mixed
with water to the required consistence
Helping the Meat and Milk Supply
(Special Information Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture.)
RABBITS—A QUICK ROUTE TO MORE MEAT
Not Pets; Eating Rabbits—The Quickest Meat Producers, Not Excepting
Poultry.
RAISE RABBITS
IN BACK YARD
Specialists Urge Scheme as Move
of the Highest Importance
Just Now.
HOW CHILDREN MAY HELP
Interesting and Easy Work, and the
Financial Returns Will Be Gratl
tying—Proper Care of Ani
mals Necessary.
Let the children start a rabbltry in
the back yard if they are in earnest
about helping the meat supply. Rais
ing rabbits is an Interesting and easy j
work antf the returns will be well
worthy of father’s or mother’s co
operation. Efforts will be quickly re
warded, • for these animals increase
rapidly and are ready for the table
when three or four months old. The
meat is very palatable and nutritious
and can be grown at small cost. In
fact, the cost of producing rabbits is
less than that of any other meat, not
excepting poultry. Rabbits in back
yard pens have proved so practicable
away of furnishing a quick meat sup
ply In European countries that the
United States department of agricul
ture is urging their wider breeding in
the present emergency.
Plan for Breeder* Now.
As February Is the best time to
mate —March may be best for breeding
young does —it will be well now to ar
range for breeding animals and to pre
pare a place for them, with the chil
dren’s help, in the yard. Four litters
a year, at intervals of twelve weeks,
and averaging six or seven young to
the litter, may be expected If pairing
begins in February.
The Belgian and Flemish giant rab
bits are recommended for meat pro
duction, as the ordinary tame rabbit
is smaller and develops more slowly.
Breeding stock of Belgian hares may
be bought from breeders in nearly all
the states at from $1 to $3 each. They
may occasionally be had from pet
stock dealers. Fancy pedigreed stock
is not required for meat production.
Rabbits eat, hay, grass, lawn cut
tings and green vegetation of many
kinds. Well fed, the young will aver
age five or six pounds live weight
when three or four months old. Prac
tical experience hns demonstrated that
rabbit meat can be produced In unlim
ited quantities at a cost of about six
cents a pound. By utilizing lawn cut
tings and other vegetation that would
otherwise be wasted, the cost will be
even lower.
Quarters In Bam or Bhed.
Outdoor fenced runs, with hutches
for does when having young and sleep
ing hutches for other stock, make the
best quarters for rabbits In back yards.
The rabbltry may occupy part of or
all of a barn or shed, or be built in a
sheltered space in the angle between
buildings or walls.
Feeding is necessary twice daily. In
winter one of the meals should be
chiefly of green food, such as roots or
cabbage, and the other mainly of grain.
Roots, cabbage, celery and the like
should be washed free from the qoil,
but should not be wet when fed. If
green food lq given in the morning, the
evening meal should be whole oats or
other grain for mature animals. A
little hay should be given at each meal.
If properly cared for, rabbits are
remarkably free from diseases. The
more common ailments result from in
sanitary surroundings, lack of care in
feeding ant improper ventilation. The
demand for rabbit fur Is such as to
make It pay to save the pelts of those
killed for food. The better class of
skins sell by the dozen, bringing from
00 -cents to sl, or somthing less than
10 cents apiece. Later articles In these
columns will discuss the care of the
young litters, feeding, killing and
dressing, and the possibilities of mar
keting. Farmers’ Bulletin 406 of the
United States department of agricul
ture, “Raising Belgian Hares and
Other Rabbits,” will aid the beginner.
The Belgian hare Is one of the best
rabbits for table use. It weighs more
than most breeds, develops rapidly and
the quality the meat Is superior to
all the others. The Flemish giant Is
a Belgian hare bred exclusively for
large size, with the result that the
meat is coarser and less delicate in
flavor. These characteristics are con
sidered by some persons as desirable,
but this is largely a matter of individ
ual taste.
Market Meat by Mail.
Marketing meat and meat food prod
ucts by parcel post can be done eco
nomically in many instances. Many
kinds of meat and meat food products
may be shipped at this season without
the use of an expensive container. For
some kinds of meat an improvised con
tainer made of casfc-off corrugated pa
per-board boxes is satisfactory. A
market basket also is a cheap and con
venient container for shipping meat by
parcel post.
Before meat or meat food products
can be shipped from one state to an
other, however, the shipper must fur
nish for each consignment a certificate
of Inspection or exemption. Upon re
quest, information in regard to ship
ping meat and meat food products by
parcel post will be furnished by the
bureau of markets. United States de
partment of agriculture.
In the improvement of beef cattle
care has been- taken to develop to the
greatest extent those portions of the
body from which are secured the high
priced cuts of beef. These points
should be kept in mind when selecting
breeding animals.
As the type of animal necessary for
the production of large yields of milk
Is entirely different from that of the
beef animals, it has been impossible to
produce a breed which would combine
these functions and be of superior
merit for both purposes..
Enforcing the Food Law.
In the enforcement of the food and
drugs act the United States depart
ment of agriculture, during the past
year, recommended 719 cases for crim
inal prosecution and 371 for seizure.
There were collected for examination
5,649 official and 2,171 informal sam
ples of food and drugs. This, however,
does not Include thousands of exami
nations made in the field, such as can
dling of suspected shipments of eggs
or the critical inspection of consign
ments of wormy or decomposed nuts.
The various laboratories of the bureau
of chemistry analyzed 27,301 samples,
and in addition took 70,739 floor in
spection samples. Over nine thousand
cases were made the subject of hear
ing, either in person or by correspond
ence.
Much milk is lost In the process of
handling In milk plants, says the an
nual report of the bureau of animal
industry. United States department of
agriculture. Economies effected In
that particular by one plant caused a
yearly saving of $2,836. Simple meth
ods of checking milk bottles, often an
important item of loss, and a simplified
system of accounting, have been
worked out and put into successful
operation In a number of milk plants
by the bureau's investigators of milk
plant management.
Much Skim Milk Saved.
One creamery In the state of New
York Is condensing every day 25,000
pounds of skim milk, much of which
formerly was run into the sewer, and
several creameries now make their en
tire supply of skim milk into cottage
cheese. These examples are cited in
the annual report of the bureau of ani
mal Industry, United States depart
ment of agriculture, as showing sav
ings effected through the campaign for
conservation of all products that can
Increase the supply of food.
Rabbit raising on a back yard scale
is not an experiment. Thousands of
small rabbitrles In this country are
producing meat crops regularly for
family tables. These domestic animals
are easily raised and remarkably free
from disease when properly cared for.
The principal facts in regard to the
raising of rabbits are as well estab
lished as those of rearing other domes
tic animals, and the directions which a
beginner needs are few.
Statements to the effect that cer
tain breeds of rabbits produce pelts of
high market value are unwarranted.
Raising rabbits for the fur alone would
be unprofitable with nay known breed,
specialists say.