MONEY IN RABBITS.
HIGH PRICE OF SKINS.
"It used to be that like the poor wo bad bunny always with us, but now it is rare to sco a rabbit on our main roads, states a Southland paper. Certainly tho most effective means of clearing out tho pest has been the high price of skins. Top-dressing is being wholly credited with tho increased carrying capacity of our grass lands, whereas doing away with tho rabbits has in many cases—especially on our riverbeds —been responsible for an increase of at least a ewo per acre. It was not only what tho rabbits consumed, but also tho feed they left dirty. We liavo 0110 rabbit board in tho province, but it appears it has ceased its function, as thcro is now 110 need for any supervision in closely-settled districts whilo skins aro worth in tho vicinity of Is each."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20341, 23 August 1929, Page 15
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147MONEY IN RABBITS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20341, 23 August 1929, Page 15
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