A LITTLE RABBIT HISTORY ii 



those capable of producing high class fur. 

 The Argent de Champagne is one of the best 

 examples of what the French have done in this 

 direction. The fur of this rabbit is of such 

 excellent quality that large quantities were be- 

 ing shipped to other countries before the war 

 broke out. Probably this industry will be 

 quickly built up again. Certainly rabbits are 

 having an important place in the rehabilita- 

 tion of France and Belgium. 



While hares seem to stand the very cold 

 climates, rabbits, as a rule, thrive best in the 

 warmer countries. Most kinds, though, can 

 be gradually inured to very cold weather. 

 Thousands of rabbits have been raised in the 

 European countries to one in the United States 

 and Canada. At least this was the case up to 

 a very few years ago, and until the high price 

 of meat began to stimulate interest in a source 

 which promised to help in cutting the high 

 cost of living. The peoples of Europe have 

 found meat much less plentiful than those of 

 this country, and accordingly have been com- 

 pelled to the cultivation of rabbit keeping on 

 an extensive scale. It is said that England 

 uses from twenty-five to thirty million pounds 



