£22,000,000 FROM RABBITS.
PAIIIJS, Apfril 20. Fortunes are being made in France by the scientific breeding of all the latest fur-bearTng 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 in' 1926 brought in a total revenue of £22,000,010 and, it is estimated, has increased to-day to almost double that amount. ‘ T lie most valuable of the new furbearing rabbits is the Castor-Ilex, whose delicate fur so closely resembles that of the beaver that few experts can distinguish between the two. The . Chinchilla-Rex and other derivatives of the Rex rabbit are in great demand throughout the %orld. 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 r gua.rd hairs—that is to say, hairs \ which stand out irom the others above \ the coat. \ The established after * years of selection' of Abbe Gillet, a parish priest with agricultural taste, at 'La Floche, Sarthe', and was first exhibited in 1924, though the standard was- set up only this spring.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1929, Page 3
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189£22,000,000 FROM RABBITS. Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1929, Page 3
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