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A movement ig observable in the
United ‘States to page the rabbit in_ im
effort to compete with the hit!" llll°°
of foodstuffs. Twenty years axe £11019
was a tremendous boom in Irlalll'
parts of the continent, including CI;ll\~
ma. to not _,tue Belsliw ima 0" V”
market. As most 11201110 We ““";’°'
the Belgian hare is a rabbit ow:
_ti‘°ci‘Ym5h Yeti color' wemhmigl for
`l’o\llds or ipore. D155 Prima' 2; 1.
gt-sos of nu-tina “Hd 1'l¢.l\_“°.8§ ° tc”
oriiig, and. secondly, as a substi Ute
for ht-ief _ani 0|-ll¢\` nlealsf In ("""fm'
uh me Beulan hare boom must have
reiiilnded old-timers of the ooin 11
1849_ Eve,_yl,,_,(l_v took to breeding
Eemian h,,,p,_ Tile cllinate was
eminently suitable, tor the litites
could reiiiaiii nuldou1'S mi’ Yef’
round. ’l`reinen<_lous Dl'iL'ff-“ “'e“`
paid for breeding MOCK- Several
liiuidred rluliiirs were freely lllmded
Over for 21 P11294 UUVK- There “""`“
innumerable shows. Their the boom
eollupsed. it was round that to
breed siiccesstiilly i't*t`|l\ll‘_€d much
skill and attention. This discour~
aged those wiio had ruslietl lit-to the
business without any particular
aptitude or training for it. in NIOSH
days. too, meats were cheap. will
there was practically iw deiiwiiri for
rabbit, skins on the ‘Dart ot tht'
Buntlugs.
Rabbit-skin Conti
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’i`iit= new ru-bhit hooin is cii\l.~'v<i
as much by the insatiable deinuiid
for clieap fur as for clioaper
food. Ai the recent New York silica
`tre_`iiientloils numbers ot' rabbit skins
were sold. lk few years ago, When
wild animal hirs were more abun-
dant. or when the demand for them
was smaller, there was no market
for the rabbit skins- ,Il iS 1101 il
sl-rong skin; it 1/ears easily. Two
years of not too careful use would
inuke a rabbit skin cout not worth
the moth ‘balls tiiatpressrved it from
one season to another. -in those days
when one 'bought a _fur coat lie, 'or
rather- she, expected it to last for the
best part oi' a lifetime. Now, since
styles have seized upon iurs as they
formerly seized upon slllts, itidies get
tired of a purticulai- fur cout in ia.
season oi' two. Durability has no
grefater attrnciioii for them than
pie y. They want change, and‘ii a
rabbit skin coat will only look smart
tor'u year, it will li- _held to have
given service, its fiieapiiess is uu-
other -advantage, for ti rabbit skin
coat can be bought for from $65
to $150.
Seal and Near Seal
Eriuiiie and seiil are no longer
ayailuble except for those of grei-it
wealth, and every yearr -finds mink
and otter iintl beaver and other furs
that once were as common as the
old fashioned buffalo robes. heconiing
nioro source. This has led to the itd»
vance in price and fasliioii of such
turs as iiiuslrrait, skunk, cut and
rabbit. 'l‘lie inuskrat, when dyed :ind
clipped, looks very niucli like seal
at ii distance of a hiintlred yarrls iintl-
untlcr the nume of -iludsoii seal sclls
i'or scveral liundrctl dollars ti. suit.
'l‘lir~_i'e is also another rliil’oi‘ence not
visible to the iittketi ere. A genuine
scalskiii cout would_las|_ pimps-| 3
llletltiie oi' cvti-n lonl;r»i' if it iii|p~
pelted to be it short und liierry one;
:i iiiiiskrat coat w-ill lust about halt'
as loirg- As observed. ii riibbit skin
coat niuy last almost as long as ii
rabbit that lives next door -to 9.
terrier. it is to he noted. too, as
Fredcrit: .l. Haskin points out in the
Pittsburg Gazette-Tinies, that the
skin oi' the American rabbit is -too
tender for use us coats and it ‘ls only
We Elll`0lJ€3ll rabbit skin that can
he thus employed.
Fortune in Tannlni Skins
The tanning of rabbit skins is a
iironrl-new Amer-icuii industry, onli
a result. nf tho war. With the great.
iursprodluclng coiiiiiiries. Itussia iilntl
Cuvnadfl. etigageri in the war. they
were practically scaled as sources
01' H\lDD|y.' This suggested to a Bel-
_glan in the Uni-ted States that use
ily Moluly 1-0 Luau might be made of tanned rabbit
skins as trimmings. in Belgium hc
had been long familiar with the
DPOCGSS. and so he hired a barn in
New JWHHY. advertised for rabbit
sk-ins and set to work. In 1915 ho is
said to have made $250.000. This
year he is advertising for 10,000,000
hides. As poln-ted out. the rabbit,
unlike several other domestic ani.
mais. is useful both for its pelt und
its food. The flesh ls delicate and
nourishing. and with the prices of
pork and 'beef at their present alti-
tudes. there is n. greater demand fm-
rabbit flesh than can be suppiictl.
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as evei'ybody_kno\vs, oxeept Mr.
Ellis l’ai'lrcrfBitil<-ir. who 'wrote .iii
.»\iiiet‘icuii 'classic called “Pigs is
-Pigs," under the delusion obviously
that lt was not ii rolibli but ti giiiiiou
pig that held the record iii this ro-
spcct. , -
Domestic Varieties
Tlicse doittostlc ritbbits, whether
llutcli._ Belgian, Siberian. Lop l<1ar.
ldiiglish or Fleiiiisli. ure not to bs.
coniouiirleii with the true English
hure. even though some ot’ them are
called hares. Nor is it .to be suppos-
ed that their nantes .are derived
from the countries of their origin.
_ll the Belgian hare ever suw Bel-
leust that the Siberian ever sau
Siberia. All these varieties and it
dozen more have been bred, some oi'
them for centuries, some for only
sliori -times as duniestic -pets for
show purposes. The smallest and
prettiest, perhaps. is the Dutch rab-
bit,‘wl'tii its block, blue, fnwn or
Ki'c'y body and ears, its`\vhite collar,
breast and feet and the white blaze
tlown 'the face. The largest is the
Elcnilsh giant, weighing -twenty
pounds. Then there is' -the French
Pilbbit, with its snowy white. fieecy
wool, and the English lop cur. which
cannot #jump high enough to get its
ears off the ground. Mosty boys. we
iilllillose. have kept one or another
“'heH they ken-1 pigeons. But it is not
to be expected tiiitt the boys will
uid in the effort to popultirize rabbit
iiesh and rabbit. skins. the boy'.=; ldert
being -tiizii,all rabbits ought to die,
il at ull, through hurdening of the
ziiiteries. and be buried wltli pomp
and oflectioit in ti flower bed.
pau and Switzerland, are content with
Kilim. there is not much chance atl
The gi-ent majority of the national
flags are trlcolors, but ii few, like .lu-
c "7 if ’
IA Lesson 1 A 1
  in Economics
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i
. There is ii lesson for all Cniindititiii
§investors in the New York Exclitiiige
lsituation. As a result of the hlgb
Ipremiuni on Atiiericnn currency, Am-
erican exports have been falling off
at an 'alarming rate. The remedy
that has been suggested, and the only
one , is the esta-bllshmen-t of a system
oi credits to European countries
which will enable the customers of the
iii-ted States abroad to purchase the
the cotnmoditles for which at-present
they cannot pay cash.
iii other words American 'business
itteti want iiieasiircs renewed similar
io those whereby (Ia-nada secured and
hopes to maintain her markets abroad.
The situation in the United States
is the clearest possible proof ot' the
necessity of extending credits to
Trans-Atlitiitic countries if export
trade is to ln- muintalned_ (laiiada
llias been enabled to extend sucli cro-
lrlits in the past two years by the suc-
cess ut hor Victory Loans, wllicii pro_-
vided the rash tio pay -for Lwheat,
bacon. and other products, that the
Goveriiiiient cliarges up against Can-
ttda's custoiiicrs. ll the procQ_s is to
be continued it tnust be bytiie ae-
sistance of the 1919 Loan. lt is a
business proposltioii, 'Every bond -the
(luiiadliin fartncr buys helps' his owll
business. _
1914 _'
Trotters 1124
Pacers 1063
1909
Trotters 1135
l’ucei‘i-i 1339
1910
Trotters 1138
_ ,M15 t
Trotters 107$
1911 1916 '
Trotters 1125 Trotters R86
1’nct=_rs 868
l’ti.cei's 1119 v
' 191'/
Trotters 71
Pacers 726
1912
Trotters 1019
l’iicci~_=i 1071
1918
'1’i-utters 615
Pacers 551.
1913
Trotters 1040
Pacers 851
-The above figures show a rapid
reduction in /the number of available
trotters and pacers during -tiieypast
three years. -What 1919 will ehow is
still a matter Af coiijectui'e.'8S While
there iiaetheeu. considerable .racing
this year there was a constant com-
plaint of agihortage of horses at the
sirrallei--ineetlllgs. l
friic winrace list stiowsthat by can-
celling the marks made prior to 1917,
over' eleven thousand horses would be
released for the slow classes. it hilt
one halt of ,them werotrained and
raced in 1020 under the new classi-
fication they will relieve tlie shor-
tage until the breeders can catch up
with the tleniand ns the present prices
cannot fail to give on impetus to
breeding. These horses would .prove
fascines to strengthen the -sweeps
which _a few horses have been mak-
ing annnziuily in the enrly closing
events.
At present it is just u question of
payliigkthehprlche ‘for a highly trievd one
uns ii e 1 e aance 0 t e o_liBrs
troll along in the dust while the as-
sociations at the tail end of the cir-
cuit and their patrons get a. series
gl; _processlloni for; their! money. Will;
e come ac ru e ui -orc wou
require a superlyorse to duslicate -the
showing of,R,etei' Scott, Baden,'R. '1‘.
(_‘., The Harvester. or taut, splendid
pair 'Mlgnpla and ll/l_c_ regor the
Great with which (lox rode in iront
--wi-lens sEnvAN're ARE Pi.EN'ri-
As it_ will require five or six Yeaffi
for the foals that will he bred next
vear to appear on the turi' in 91101115
other than the colt stakes, -the horses
which marie wiiiruces prior io.-1917.
are available. lt' ilii_s is not tlonc. tho
field will bcconio siiiciller tiiirbsnittllci'
iiiitll the fair associations which give
seventy-tive per _cent of the Ili-tht
ltariiess meetings will be forced to
substitute some other kiml ol` enter-
tuliiiiieut for their patrons, while thc
racing associations located 011181110 Of
the betless -belt will be coiilllellefi L0
invent some other method to deter-
mine the value of the -tickets which
orelnow being distributed so DI`0f-it'
only hy the iron men on race day_to
spy nothing of the fields and favorite
player and fading -bookmaker.
t rui.
A b0y_ writing to his futher from an
uviation camp. <lU0i€S U19 f"“°Wi“g
statistics. He happens to be the mess
serkeant of the itiilt:
lqllchell rimge, _500x3.000 icet fed
by twenty-seven firemvll-
Four hundred cooks on duty at all
(imap, 1 One thousand mechanical
stokers attended by 1,000 K. l’.'s.
Two liuii_drcd waislilng iiiachiiics to
wash "spuds."
Tweiltgr-seven pile drivers to niash
ihetii_ '
Fourteen steam shovels to shovel
eggyshells from kitchen door.
Twenty-two Liberty motors to run
coffee nillls.
Eleven iurnzices to burn paper
dishes after cncli meal. ‘
Nineteen concrete mixers to mix hot
cakes.
Forty-six men, with bacon rinds
attached to their feet, skate over grid-
dles to keep them greased. -
:Soup is iiinde in an artificial lake,
_ _  ,
gradients. Cocks have _steel boats,
wear asbestos' suits, and every few
minutes row to centre of 1-like and
drop depth boiiibs to stir the lsoup.
_Sixty-soveii fire oiiginos puiiipsoup
to 1zil>les_ _
Eleven iiigli-power liand saws cut
brcud. ,
Ati endless perforated conveyerhclt
is used to pepper and salt the food.
'l`weiity strect sprinklers ' place
syrup on hot cakes.
(loife is made in ri slx-,liundred-g:il-
lon tuitk, :ind it is putiiped to the
tables through Dipes.
There are six-inch pipes from tweiit
of the largest dairies in America to
siipply milk. ' _
-Radio telephones are us'ed_L,t`o`send.
orders to cooks. .
Mess sergeant uses motor cycle in
kitchen and mess hall. '
All cooks wear gas masks and mot-
or trticks are used to curry silver-
ware.
The writer of the above epistle con-
cludes hls -lcttei' to his dad by suyiligj
“Can you wonder, dear father, why l
do not wish to get out of the arniy'."'-
-Youili's Conipiinion. .
T0 HIM WHO WAITS
A wise old lien to her chick one day
Said: “Now it's'time to scratch;
You never know, liiy child, if you
work, _
What big, fat worms you'il catch.”
‘Not uie_," said cltlck, as he stretched
his neck _, _
And held his head up,high;
"I’-ll just wait here and I'll catch Ii
worm
As he comes crawling by.”
mid lilelly soon came it big, fat worm
Dui `_o'. be did _not stop;
Because you seo that the \vorn\ was
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