Master Thomas Weeks and his pet rabbits 



visit Runnymede and learn of its many advantages. A community of 

 pigeon fanciers is the place for a pigeon man. 



The Rabbit Industry 



Up to the present time no one has ever made a fortune on rabbits. 

 The United States has not been ready for intensified production of 

 meats because food products have, in the past, been too cheap and 

 plentiful. If a family wanted rabbit for dinner, some member took a 

 gun and went out hunting. Even yet there are big rabbit drives in 

 certain parts of California that bring in tons of rabbit flesh to the city 

 markets. But these conditions are changing. The cities are becoming 

 overcrowded, and meat production in hogs, cows and sheep is falling 

 off or not keeping pace with increase of population. 



For many years the rabbit has been one of the chief sources for meat 

 in the overcrowded European countries, especially among the peasant 

 class. There the rabbit has been bred and developed into a wonderful 

 animal that stands close confinement and grows rapidly into a very 

 choice meat. It has proven one of the best industries along the line of 

 intensified farming, and is especially adapted to small places. In tin- 

 old country the rabbitry is a part of each little farm. 



With the scarcity of food in the new world, the rabbit is finding its 

 place. There have been two premature rabbit booms in the past that 

 fell flat simply because the new world was not yet ready for rabbits. 

 But with the change in conditions and increase of population, the 

 rabbit industry is here to stay. It has its place on every little intensified 

 farm, and fits in well with poultry raising, which is the most intensive 



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