DRIVES IN CALIFORNIA. 



55 



List of California Rabbit Drives, 



Locality. 



Fresno County. 



Cinithora (6 miles wist ) 



Easton (12 inilus aoutliwest 

 of Fresuo). 



Do. 

 Do. 



Fresno (5 miles south) . . 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Fresno (10 miles south). 

 Fresno 



Do 



Do 



Huron 



Wild Fliiwcr 



Do 



Kern County. 

 BakersUcld 



Do. 

 Do. 



Bakersficld (Houghton dairy) 

 Bakersficld (4 miles west)... 

 B a k o r s li e 1 (1 ( Kosedalo, 3 

 miles nortli). 



Do 



Do 



Rakeistiold (5 miles south) . 

 Bakerslield (0 miles south- 

 east). 



Do 



Do 



Delano 



Dilano (10 Tniles southwest) . . 



Delano (9 miles west) 



Delano 



Date. 



Fel). 22, 1892 

 Fob. 13,1892 



Mar. 

 Mar. 



12. 1892 

 18, 1892 



Mar. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 

 May 

 Jnlv 

 Mar. 

 Mar. 



Jan. 



24, 1888 



12. 1888 

 25, 1888 



23. 1889 

 13, 1893 

 18, 1893 



.1, 1894 

 12, 1891 

 14, 1888 



1, 1889 



2, 1888 



10, 1888 



9, 1888 

 1,1888 

 Jan. 20, 1889 

 May 3,1891 



Jan. 



Feb. 

 Oct. 



Ilagfrin i: Carr Itanch, Kern 



Island. 

 Mount View dairy '» (13 miles 

 southwest of Bakerslield). 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Mount View dairy'" (13 miles 

 southwest of ISakerslield) 

 (shotgun drive). 

 Mount View dairy "'(13 miles 

 southwest of liakerstield). 

 Mount View <laiiyi"(13 miles 

 southwest of Bakerslield) 

 (shotgun drive). 



Do 



Do 



Mav 16,1891 

 Juno 6,1891 

 June 10, 1894 

 Dec. 9,1894 



Dec. 16,1894 

 Dec. 23, 1894 

 Feb. 4, 1888 

 Feb. 19, 1888 

 July 13, 1888 

 Nov. 14-Dec. 

 31, 1894. 



1875 



Jan. 15,1888 



Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Feb. 

 Feb. 



23, 1888 



30, 1888 



5, 1888 



12,1888 



Feb. 19, 1888 

 Feb. 2.->, 1888 



Mar. 4,1888 

 Mar. 3, 1889 



Mar. 16, 1888 



Rabbits 

 killed. 



7,460 

 1 14, (100 



2 20,000 



^2, (100 



1,500^ 



900 s 



■" 14, 723 



300 



1,200 



151 



io, 50(V 



1,(100 

 2. 500 



Authority. 



6 12, 000 



« 1,126? 

 796 < 

 '5,075) 

 500 s 

 3, rm 

 « 1,600 

 200 

 1,500 



t> 



10 



'25 



500 

 500 

 000 

 350 



500 

 200 

 500 

 500 

 000 

 000 



Alvali A. Eaton. 



Weekly Fresno Expositor, Feb. 17, 1892; 



Forest and Stream, XXXVIIl, Mar. 3, 



1892, 197—15,000. 

 Phototrraph by F. M Stiffler, Oakland. 

 Weekly Fresno Kxixisitor, .Mar. 22. 1892. 

 FresDC) Daily Kepublicau, Mar. 17, 1888; 



Expositor, Mar. 22. 

 Fresno Daily Kepublican, Mar 25, 1888. 

 Fresno Daily Kepublican, Apr. 13, 1888. 

 Fresno Expositor, Apr. 25. 1888. 

 Fresno Daily Republican Mar 24,1889. 

 Fhotosrraph bv E. R. llig^'os Fresno. 

 Chiea.i?() Daily News, .May 10, 1893. 

 Daily Eveniiij; E\|Hisitor, May 5. 1894. 

 TulareCounty'rime8(Visalia)',Julyl6, 1891. 

 Weekly Visalia Delta, Mar. 29, 1S8H. 

 Scientiflc Am., LXI, Nov. 9, 1889, p. 295. 



San Franci.sco Mining and Sci. Press, Jan. 

 28, 1888, p. 51. 



Do. 



Weekly Kern County Echo, Feb. 16, 1888. 

 Weekly Kern Connty Echo, Oct. 8. 1888. 

 Weekly Kern County Echo, Jan, 24, 1889. 

 Weekly Kern County Echo, ^lay 7. 1891. 



Weekly Kern Connty Echo, May 21, 1891. 

 (lus. Kratzmer, Bakorsfield. 

 Weekly Kern County Echo, June 14, 1894. 

 C. .^. Nelson, Bakerslield. 



B. L. Ihundage, Bakersfleld. 



Do. 

 Delano Courier, Feb. 10, 1888. 

 Delano Courier, Feb. 24. 1888. 

 Delano Courier, July 20, 1888. 

 Uill & Conrad. Delano. 



1,200 j Geo. W. Stewart, editor Visalia Delta. 



"3, 500 Weekly Kern County Echo, Jan. 19, 1888. 



2, 000 ! Weekly Kern County Echo, Jan. 26. 1888. 



5, 000 Weekly Kern CountV Echo, Feb. 2, 1888. 



5, 000 Weekly Kern County Echo, Feb. 9, 1888 



500 I Weekly Kern County Echo. Feb. 16, 1888. 



'7,000 

 1,000 



1,946 

 4,428 



Weekly Kern County Echo, Feb. 23, 1888. 

 Weekly Kern County Echo, Mar. 2, 1888. 



Weekly Kern County Echo, Mar. 8, 1888. 

 Shooting and Fishing, V, Mar. 28, 1889, 13. 



' Actual count— 7,000 in the corral, 7,000 dead outside. 



''Thegreat (J. .\. K. drive, which took place b(^t\veeri Kastoii and Oleander; the lar^estdrive on record. 

 The Weekly Fresno Expositor of March 16, 1802, phices the number of rabbits killed at 25,000. 



3 Badly managed ; about 20,000 rabbits rounded up ; all but 2.000 escaped. 

 ••Two drives same day; 9,723 by actual count; about 4,000 ha 



lauled away before count began; 1,000 

 taken alive for Merced coursinir match. 



'Mr. M. S. I'eatlierstone, of Goshen, stati-s that only 8,000 were killed by actual count. 



s_2,500 estimated to have been kiUed altogether. 



'500 estimateil to lia\e been killed outside the corral. 



^Private drive, covering 16 sections. 



'Thirteen private drives. About two-thirds of these rabbits were shipped to the .^an Francisco 

 market. 



'"Returns for these drives vary. Messrs. Nelson & Bailey have circulated aclipping from the Kern 

 County Echo with their iihotograph of the drive of March 4, 1888. which gives the following figures: 

 J.inuary2, 2.500; .lannarv 8. 6,000; January 15,5,500; .lauuary 2:i. 2.000; January 30. 4.000; February 

 5,5,000; FebrM:iry 9. ,'iOO;' February 12, 4,5(i0. February 19. 7,0(t0; February 23, 1,500; March 4, 2,000. 



"3,000. according to N E. White'in .Vmericaii Field, XXX, November 3,'l 888, 410-411. 



"Actual count, first drive, 5,500; second, 1,500. 



