RABBIT'S NEW ROLE.
LADIES' FUR COATS. " Women's demand for fur coats has given a new lease of life to . the hobby of keeping rabbits, and, in fact, has turned it into an industry." This statement was made by a breeder at the Crystal Palace International Show for poultry, pigeons, turkeys, rabbits, rats and mice, which has drawn together exhibits valued at £1,000,000. "In six months' time," said a breeder, " half these rabbit skins will be on women's backs, masquerading as chinchilla and other furs, and it would take an expert to tell the difference. ,
"There is not enough wild fur the world to meet the demand, and as a result the economic value of the bunny has been trebled.
" Skins of prize-bred rabbits such as Chinchillas, Beverons, and Alasfess, fetch from 10s to 20s, and the highest class specimens even more. Allowing for labour costs, there is not much margin of profit in rabbit farming; but the man who treats it as a hobby and can spare a little time for it does'well out of it." Rats and mice also have their commercial value, but the fact that they are sold at about 5s a dozen hardly explains why some of these pink-eyed bundles of furred fear are ticketed at £SO.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19215, 2 January 1926, Page 2 (Supplement)
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211RABBIT'S NEW ROLE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19215, 2 January 1926, Page 2 (Supplement)
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