Show SLAUGHTER OF JACK RABBITS the tl western mit sames are lr alarmed aboa abou the atif art in the baates of california idaho oregon utah ani texis is there Is great fear among the tile timers that the jack rabbit mav nia bc brolle olle is great a pest as he Is 1 in australia where his pre greence ence Is a scourge fay an n exchange the secretary of agriculture sis that the fear among the farmers thit th t the jack there are taking no chances and in the he statis named the long longe e tred ired destroy er of crops Is outlined ed anti nd there Is a irice upon his head the farmers are obliged to comilue comi ine against the common enemy and the rabbit drives of colorado and california while they hive have a certain el ele nent elLent of sport and general frolic are neier theles a ver ner berlova business the deportment of agriculture has just ismuel issue 1 a i monograph upon the subject of jick rab biti lu in california rabbit driving has been found the most effect effective he meins me ins of exterminating these there prolific animals this method originated with ith the indiana indians the day lay the rabbit drive is held is a gala gals one and is a favorite time to celebrate some special event thousands of people ale come in from tin the surrounding country A corral about two acres in extent I 1 having been built the drivers are deployed in a line ringing out from the corral for div the e or ten en miles at a given moment the hoe line starts to move toward the center horns are blown and anything that will make a noise Is utilized firearms ari arl anith ith their cluba clubs the men on foot belt beat up tip every patch of great drones of rabbits are soon in mo movement ement they ire re driven a frightened scrambling mass into the corral herc where their execution rs arme armel I 1 with clubs beat out their brains n average drive ft III yield 10 rabbits the freano u event resulted in the killing of 0 over er 20 As showing the prolific nature of the jack lack rabbit it Is stated that in modoc county california nearly nearl animals were killel in three months on a tract of land on onla G b bv 8 miles in extent still more remarkable was a i drive in the san joaquin nalle bakersfield 1126 rabbits were ere killed As boon as the animals were ere dispatched the same field wis nis redraft n and were killed one week eek later there were two drives on tie ile lune u ground the first re bulted in the destruction of 2 the feconda over a more extended field 1 yielded more than 3 from jan I 1 to march 8 1888 there v were ere killed 40 rabbits acir bakersfield of these about two thirds females which two months later would have been the mothers of youngsters oung |