VALUABLE RABBITS
FORTUNES MADE IN FRANCE. Fortunes are being made in France by fine scientific breeding of all the latest fur-bearing types of rabbits. The Government is taking a keen interest in the development of this latest, branch of activity, -eminently suitable for small holdings,- which (says the Paris correspondent of the Daily Mail) in ’ 1923 j ■ brought in a total revenue of £22,900,009, and. it is estimated, has increased to-day to almost double that amount. . s The most valuable of the new fur- • bearing rabbits is the Castor-Rex, whose . delicate fur so closely resembles that of the beaver that few experts; can : distinguish between the two. The Chin-chilla-Rex and other derivatives of the Rex rabbit are in great demand throughout the world. A standards commission, superintended by the Ministry of Agriculture, maintains a complete record of the stud animals. The breed’s essential feature is the complete absence of guard hairs—.that is to say, hairs which stand out from the others above the coat. The Castor-Rex-was established after.:?; years of selection by Abbe Gillet, a parish priest with agricultural taste, ; . at La Fleehe, Sarthe, and was first exhibited in 1924, though the standard was set up only this spring. .. :
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1929, Page 11
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