RABBIT-RAISING INDUSTRY.
WORK AT HORNCHURCH,
The rabbit-raising industry established at the Hornchurch Convalescent Hospital in England 'was in charge of Lance-Corporal Coppin, of Levin, who has just returned to his home. He states that the breed of rabbits raised there is a very large one in. comparison with the variety that is found in New Zealand. At Hornchurch nine pounds, live weight, was not unusual, a fact that took some getting over by rhe average Now Zealander in England. The "digger” was sceptical about the:-* '• abnormal rabbits, and was not averse to a wager on the matter, and in this way a lot of New Zaelaud money changed hands. Corporal Gordon says that the- largest rabbit reported in England ■ was bred in Leicester and turned the scale at 21 lb.
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Taihape Daily Times, 31 January 1919, Page 5
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