RABBITS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2743, 14 July 1883, Page 3

RABBITS.

TO THE EDITOE OP THB TIMABtT HERALD. SlB, — I giro Mr l'ripp great credit for his energy m trying to suppress the rabbit peat or any otb«r pctt, if it really exists, but before patting the country to such great expense I think Mr Tripp should bare better evidence than merely eajing "my men inform ma that such and such it the case." Who knows that these men know the difference between a rabbit and a hare. Mr Xripp, who possesses one of the most valuable properties m New Zealand, ought, I think, to be able to state that he baa " scon the rabbits," and not announce to the country what his men have told him. This reminds me of the great hue and cry a few years ago about wild pigs. They were going to •eat up everybody and ruin the country. Sixpence a tail was offered and thousands were brought m to the t quattere. Suddenly the butchers m New Zealand wondered why the great demand for " pigs tails." It was discorored that they were being bought at ono penny per tail and told to the runholders at ■ixpenco each. I bad rabbits on my farm fifteen years ago and encouraged them j my neighbors bred rabbits, and turned them out. You may now take out fifty dogs and travel for miles m search of them, and you may not find a single rabbit then. I think they must "to a great extent " be like the pigs, a myth. I am, &c, Wii. Upton Slack. Woodside, July 15ih.