RABBIT EXPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2984, 24 May 1911, Page 21

RABBIT EXPORT.

A MARKET IN CANADA. If 3s per pair retail, or even the half of that amount, can be obtained in Canada for frozen rabbits,' the rabbit nuisance in New -Zealand will disappear very rapidly; the direct steamers will have no difficulty in securing freights, and the flock-owners of the Dominion will get back their own again. A Canadian newspaper has been publishing articles dealing with "Australia's Agricultural Industries." Commonwealth farmers and pastoral ists are given unstinted praise; and different branches of production are described chiefly for the _ lessons they are said to provide the Canadian producer. Sheep receive considerable attention, and the Canadian land-holder is condemned because he dees not show equal enterprise. The Dominion is held to be as well adapted for that animal, and the advantage is put forward that it is thousands of miles nearer the British ma-rk?.t. As regards rabbits, it is said that the Game and Fisheries Commission for Ontario has urged their importation into Canada in a frozen state "as a tasty and wholesome addition to our,somewhat limited list of meats. The flesh is entirely different to our well-known cottontail, being sweet and slightly gamey to the taste, and more akin to veal in appearance. Ore shipment his been .made to Toronto, which met with great success. The retail price was' 7s a pair, as compared with 2s for a pair of cotton-tails, but if the trade grew large enough to warrant the purchase of great quantities in Australia, and tb-nr importation via British Columbia, instead of being purchased in the British market, the price in all probability would b« very considerably reduced." Australia's adaptability for horse-breeding is also described.