The Landswoman August 1920 | Page 3

tugus/, 1920 'fii E LA~ n • \\ o~t \.:\ Rabbit Keeping.- 11. A V I ::'\ (.' pn•pnrcd your rabLrtry_ and ordrnnd-nr·w 1110 • • j l hutchei. mto the pond, 1 hn•cd k1tt<:ns rn ... tc.H • , IIH 1111 1 ' h J t rnon th f ot . ·• ' J >e g' rnn~'-r to b uy t «' lf' J , n 1s '1~ ;( lw wi lw to 1-tart with a LrN•ding do,. "' ot '• • • I . t o '-rtt I e uown ..t • I \ \ .) 'l hb g-r\'1 c; t f H'rn t1mf' 10 01 I ' ' 'r nr•w quat IPr-. b•· or(' th" hrst matrng oc~.:ur~. t I \1 I • t I . h Sollll' prdt•r to bu~ e11 1t r < Oi"s or ) oung ... t ,.r~ 10 t ~ 1111 •rs :. gr l':t l mall\ fanc•r: r<; slll ul <.up;-·rtlu- - 'IUI\11 ' • : d 'n t ... () \\i I 011 • I . h " anu .I ), 'tncl " what wrt l pnrf'.., :r<; t f'\ arP ll pon ' d d I I t~ urns I >"gtn, 11 H' ' nnd t • labour ~xpcn • l" Or(: n· h • ! Cl ••• .,. Op 1 rn lll\ inion tlw tnltHl savmg upon cap la t... not \\Ill tli whilt>. . H 1 J{ , 011 . ,,·,. 111'\1 ' 1 1 to tind my fe t, I invl':.tt!rdor.• fa1rl) chPap) buck, of a \Hll-lcnown local strarn . ~ly rnbb tr) now being on the way to prO\C a payin(! \E."nture, I decided to go in for pur~ ~t?Ck :-1"> well, nnd c:ho c the Blue Be\·trcn, no; comb1mng fur, fie· h, ize, economy in food, :tnd good bre< dingo qualitie~, in a r('markable d~gree. l 'nfortun.ttely, lntcly I have had to giv~ up Ill) ilE."veren-., as thty rcyuire great attention and oh~er­ ':'IJlltm, nnt.l I am unuble to gi\c the nt-t.~..;c;ary tune for this. If ~vu M•• '•ngle-handed and ar~ ru~nin;::t }our r.tbbit ... a ... a hul1b\' only, not maktn~ tt the c;o.lP hu ... inr ... .., of • \Our hfc • 1 ~houlrl :td\iSI' • \OU to go tn for utility (i.t•., ttrnrn, with nn e)•' to ... \wwmg_. 1n nn) of th•· (X tli!::rN•, fann bre--d ... , ... urh ;~.., English, Dutc:h, \ngor.l, ~~\"HfOS,~IIL ( ' (r . }1 L, an• dtoosmg a par- -.ort of pure--bred • it 1 c;hould advrse you r .t bb • b ( h 1 h••romc a nwm er o t at p~rticu.lar dub .~ro.m the very beginnlllg • F~r. and Frath(r," bc-... 1 dt•..; gl\ tng most ,·aluablt general hc-lp and ath·icP, ,, alwa)!:> rNt, and from tht· ad\'C rtN•mf'nts thrrPin Otl<' <'<111 gPt a \t:ry . . . w , to .. .., " h " o- 0 c,d idt :l of 0 ~1 the Bunny wor~d. Gn/.1(· 11 Uult• .-N <'' C'r Lu) ... totk, c•itht•r pedigree or < rth ... -hrrd, from an unknown (and th<·rdon• unrt>liablc) -.ource, no matl<'r how allur- ing thc ad,crti,~n~ent m~ty be. "rtnd ten -.hrlhngs or a pound ••xtra on a well-known, long-... u(c<·-..., ful strain, or buy fro1;1 J><'Ople whom you kno\\ pr ... on 1lly to have bet>? -.uc- rc-,,fu t bree-dE-r..; of rabb1tc; for some YE' .tr .... , an<~ \vho"c- r~b­ bitn j, oprn to in<;~lf>ctiOn :tm: J~,· . , at nny . hour ! If <:potted li\'Cr, that curse of thl' rabbit world, on<'<' gain' l'ntrv among 'our '>tot k, thf'n·· j, nothing to bt' dont• but dP-;t ro' oil I ho-;(' • • • • '' hkh have i>l't>rl r'\po-.(:'() to tnf<'C'lion • ~h ow n plan of camp- t Wt <'n Relginn H an• and Fif·mi"h C iinnt. 1 did not kc·t..·p a huck thl' first c;ca..,on, hut '~''lt them out to n rc- lrnblt• rnbbitrv near b\ When 1 fe-lt I was J.x>ginning htt·t\tr. I • .. J)..,,~··))t N<. ... P~\ . HAW ~