A RABBIT FARM
CTTIM TJ J LLAS ON l? AKI NO ISLAND. (Special To The Times). Ald K LANs*. .May i. “j have ceres of Chinchillas”, was the smiling reply of .Mr. Gilbert Sanl'ord, of liakino Island. when asked whether the new idea or rabbit fanning appealed to him. Rakino Island, behind the Alotutnpn, is a little kingdom free from many of the legal restrictions that hedge land ownership on the mainland. When Mr. Sanford decided to engage in rabbit farming, be could do almost as Ik* wished. In bis first, venture, ho expended £o()0 building quite a little ‘close settlement lor rabbits,” as he phrased it. He soon earned, however, that tile cost ot maintaining rabbits in hutches was aroiubitive, so lie fenced in s’x mk.’s with rabbit proof, fencing and turned his stock of Chinchillas out to inrage for themselves. Tho experiment has been lfighiv successful and, ilns w inter. Mr. Sanford expects to be able to top the Cliinchilla skui inarot both in quality and quantity. The Chinchilla is not the only variety of rabbit flourishing on the island. Last week, the proprietor harvested 800 skins form ordinary grey rabbits.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11195, 2 May 1930, Page 3
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