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a price ranging anywhere from $100 to $1,000. In 

 fact, it would be interesting to have a democratic fur in 

 which everybody might be "handsome and comfortable," 

 and which may be frequently renewed without serious 

 expense. This is the first point of interest to the home 

 gardener — not only that the rabbit increases and en- 

 riches the food supply, but also helps out the wardrobe 

 of his wife and daughters. 



Another distinct development that has occurred, and 

 may occur very often in the future, is that this pretty 

 rabbit fur supplies the basis for a "cottage industry," 

 in which many women of taste may engage in a small 

 way, upon a scale propoi'tioned to their enterprise and 

 industry. Mrs. J. M. Sherman, of Los Angeles, has 

 pursued this plan successfully. She has taken even the 

 common varieties of rabbits, some having very beauti- 

 ful skins, and has made them into sets of furs that have 

 proved to be in lively demand and at good prices. She 

 has found it to be a most interesting and profitable 

 thing to do. There is no reason why others can not do 

 the same thing. They will find a market at their door 

 for all they can produce, if their experience is like that 

 of others who have already adopted the plan. 



Thus we have chicken and rabbit meat for our luxuri- 

 ous table, but that is not all. We have not yet called 

 the roll of the small livestock that goes with the home- 

 in-a-garden. 



