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could not be met or, at least has not, as yet. The 

 development is somewhat retarded by difficulty in get- 

 ting new varieties the product of many crossings to 

 breed true. When this has been done, there is no doubt 

 that the industry will grow to profitable proportions. 



Here we are interested, however, not so much in rab- 

 bits as a potential industry of large proportions and a 

 means of livelihood for great numbers of people, as in 

 the place of the rabbit in the economy of the garden 

 home. Even from this narrow point of view the fur 

 is by no means negligible. It interests our home gar- 

 dener in two ways. First, he and his family will utilize 

 the fur in making their own garments. Perhaps some 

 people will wear furs more extensively than they have 

 formerly been able to do. It is worth while to quote the 

 following from the bulletin of the U. S. Biological Sur- 

 vey: 



"The better kinds of rabbit skins are used for making 

 fur garments, which, when made up, are commonly sold 

 as Coney, but often under other trade names. White 

 skins are made ur> in imitation of Arctic fox, or sheared 

 in imitation of ermine. Gray rabbits are dyed brown 

 or black, and become Baltic black fox, or Baltic brown 

 fox. Seal dyed, they become inland seal, electrical seal, 

 or near seal." 



The circular adds: "These garments, while hand- 

 some and comfortable, have little durability, and are, 

 therefore, cheap." 



If an article of wearing apparel that you can get at 

 slight cost out of your own rabbitry is "handsome and 

 comfortable," it doesn't matter much if it is not so 

 "durable" as the article you would buy at the store at 



