CLEANLINESS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19070, 15 May 1930, Page 12

CLEANLINESS.

To the Kditor. Dear Sir, —I notice in your issue of Thursday a letter headed “Clean Houses,” and signed “White Paint.” It is really beyond my comprehension why some people take such a delight in ventilating their narrow-minded and jealous feeling against two young fellows who are endeavouring to earn an honest living by rabbit farming. I, too, have visited this rabbit house, and although I am not blind, I failed to see any sign of white paint in its interior, although I can vouch for its genuine cleanliness, together with an absence of smell, which is usually very noticeable on entering a rabbit house. I feel sure that “Lapin” knows more about his business than to be deceived by a bit of “white paint,” if such is the secret of the cleanliness, as suggested by “White Paint.” The floor is certainly of concrete, but as there are four tiers of hutches up the wall it is obvious they cannot all be of concrete. Perhaps these two young fellows do at present have only the “nucleus” of a rabbitry, but as their “nucleus” consists of over sixty rabbits it may not be so easy as “White Paint” thinks it is to keep their house so scrupulously clean and free from smell. These two young fellows, who ‘‘White Paint” says have nothing else to do, have also a thirty odd acre farm to keep in order, besides often going out to work by the day. They had saved their hard-earned wages for years previous to starting the rabbit farming, so that by their thrift they were able to start a business of their own, buying the best stock available, and building a thoroughly hygienic and up-to-date rabbit house, with a surplus in the bank to further their building operations considerably as the need arises. They do all their own building, and although they have never had any lessons in carpentry they well deserved the praise tenlercd them by “Lapin.” If their rabbitry is “only the nucleus of a rab:itry” I do not think they could have succeeded in insuring it for such a arge amount, as I hear is the case, bait! 11*1 f¥l !¥! *¥! ® Eft® !*! SEI !¥! iSi RP IS