SABLE RABBIT.
Two of a new variety of rabbits, called sable rabbits, stated to have commercial possibilities, have caused quite a atir among the furriers of London, and samples of them were shown at the Somerset show. Mr. G. A. Drake, secretary of the British Sable Rabbit Club, who was one of the judges, said that it was impossible to distinguish their fur from the real sable, and the white hairs in their coats defied the dyer's art.
"It takes about 30 rabbits to make one sable coat, and I am getting six guineas each for two-month-old sabla rabbits. The Prince of Wales is very much interested in these rabbits, and many well-known people are breeding them.'' Another judge said that it was remarkable the way in which utility rabbit breeding was becoming an industry in this country. Women especially were breeding Angoras. The wool cannot be imitated by anything else, and the price per pound has risen from 20s to 425. Angora wool production is a fine commercial proposition at the moment. The spinning factories cannot get enough, and many new uses are being found for it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19947, 16 May 1928, Page 7
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