RABBIT-FARMING.
r A POSSIBLE DANGER. . ' 0»T •TEl.EOßii'U —ritESS ASSOCIATION".) 0 .-■■..-■>■ Auckland, May 2. J - '■ At a meeting of-the Auckland -Agricul ■ turn! and Pastoral Association,-.the' proposal ■■ to start a rabbit freezing factory, ill : 'Auci£-'.' ' land: 1 was brought ;up for discussion;' . .' ; Mr. - John. Alassey.. said ■ that; the - Depart-nient-of '.Agriculture -was':anxious to have an expression' of'opinion, frolll the Association j on the question of starting- tbo-.rabbjfcjrcoa- ; irig.indiistry in the.'Aucldand. proviricp. i;.Ho - : ! ' had- •'been* approached by. aii'. officer- 'pt; the . f Stock 'Department, 'and ;it had been pointed V; out 'to' liifn •' tliat' if 'farmers . werefallowed y .- to go -in for the: unrestricted breeding of . : rab]biis ;it"-WoUld'-'bo ! '-a;'rte|Mco;-€o; j -j j' industry.' If -rabbit-frceziris'lwas :oiicc.'com- /• B mericod 'in. Auckland. yfarmo» l '-wiiglit.'; ! J to cultivate the rabbit.- This would bo a great Mnconvenienco' ,;■to.: those; jiastoriilists : V 1 running sheep ; and cattle. Peisonally, ho i did not believe' tho , question'"wbuld A ,appeal ; o '.' to farmers in' thp Auckland province.;-;: L . ; s : Mr. Salmon',.said.i;that; thousands'' of',rab-.; : . bits",were" at present coming into;' Auckland;-;i j every week. '< . /;-.-' - ; J C» Mr.. Ma'ssey stated .that not thirty- miles $• from Auckland there were farmers'wlio bred'.; rabbits . for thd. Auckland -market..;-; It' was:" ; suggested . that - other, Associations. ~4n'.*..'the.-:.] provmco should be communicated ■ with. -; ; . It was .'resolved to ;refer the. question to • -the' Franklin, AVaikato, and Rotorua- Asso- * ciations for an expression of opinion.'/- :
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19080504.2.4
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 188, 4 May 1908, Page 2
Word Count
223RABBIT-FARMING. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 188, 4 May 1908, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in