196 CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF RABBITS 
used in making felt hats, but as an article of 
fur it is worthless. 
The fact that the domesticated rabbit has 
a thick, tough pelt when properly matured 
and cured has caused many furriers to turn to 
it as a source of supply in replenishing the 
loss occasioned by the smaller catches of wild 
fur each season. 
While the price paid for rabbit pelts is not, 
at the present writing, sufficient to justify the 
raising of rabbits for the pelts alone, it is cer- 
tainly worth considering. Last winter the 
demand increased greatly for rabbit skins, one 
house asking for one million more than it had 
received the year before and offering $1 each 
for prime skins. 
In shipping pelts to these furriers, whose 
advertisements are to be found in practically 
every magazine during the fall and winter 
months, it is not necessary to cure the pelts. 
The skin is taken off the rabbit cased, as 
mentioned elsewhere in this book, and turned 
flesh side out and placed over a board or skin 
