Show V V V y y Y V Y V V V V V I VALUE OF TilE TUE DARE DAREl l Pt I n w w Th Time que question lion II asked m me nearly eve every ry 17 day What Is II there about the nel nellIan lIan glan har bares to make them io 10 high priced I will vili endeavor endor to point out In this short article a few tew ot of the rea eons IlOna taking up the practical side ot of tile the question or the market value ot of all as ot of meat hut but let letu letUS u US first have a understandIng concerning thO merits of the animal all as allan asan an fh Time are to confound the Belgian hare with the rabbit This error Is a natural one as that sll ot of hare hRS has just r recently been Intro Into this from and heretofore we Ve have seen nothing but the Wild jack rabbit and the domesticated bunn bunny and thee specimens ot o the rabbit family do not commend to the fastidious taste taMs ot of the epicure On the other hand the ar wherever It has been known is very cry highly prized for Its ww w to any great reat extent and there III Is YH yet a 1 ut ast fIeld In this country to be for tor breeding Con a much higher price e rules now nOI for tor even enn the commonest stock than could possibly be secured from the butcher Par For this thle reason realOn anyo anyone con entering Into the the coming year should do eo with Intention of supplying 1 port rt ot of this d de demend mend mand with the object In view or of supplying the efter demand for oat lag Inc purposes The Illustration In this shows to a great extent the characteristic of a here hare which Is as different from tile the rabbit as a terrapin i iI I is frOm El mud turtle A few tew figures may be to the practically Inclined no particular liking for tor the animal only In foO eo far tor tia OR dollars and cents cent are con concerned concerned fly Dy Investing one can procure about six does doell end on suit suitable suitable able for raisIng meat as It would require too much spice to figure the number of from tills this number of hares In one year ear I wilt will simply limply state that CO be a 0 efforts With nen en greater satisfaction when successful than the muter ot of art who portrays portray his Ideal on with paint and brush There always alaya ha hO been and always wilt will willbe be R a premium on OIt quality and whOre where the object to be Achieved I is mot most dUo dif difficult I a higher price must naturally be the compensation This rule I to Dellan hares Sped men or of extra fine quality ar are very ver scarce This accounts account for the big breeding t fee ot of choice bucks bucka tram rota 6 5 to 50 50 and an tra rare specimen bringing even considerably more than this We have a great many precedents to show wh why high prices price rule In fri various kInds kind ot of live tock stock take poultry for tor instance a chicken can be bought for tor 21 2 cents to eat At the seine time there are hundreds ot of breeders or fanciers lii In timI who receive Sri 5 to a apiece for tor the same ame little or barred variety The hire I is considerably more mor difficult to breed to r require requirements ments menta than a barred Plymouth Rock chicken and It Its value Iut aa a a reproducer ot of its Ita species Ie Is more The Theare There are twentynine sections MOtions to take Into consideration In breeding the Belgian and the champions of this Animal have Mr 1 I n IL Crabtree a Belgian hare expert of Denver to thank for ar arranging ranging these sections o ninny points to each ch see lion tion I lor or example Iliad toot foot color I is allotted 2 points the toot root to H be perfect t should bu be red rell alt all our ocr 1 1 I is f I I I r i iV ii J i V t V BATH BEAUTY III HI HIV V First Denver Score 91 95 Property of Irwin E Pratt Salt Lake white and deliciously flavored flesh h Jt It hu his Mood the teSt teet for tor over to 40 years In Belgium um and Eng England England land and amt the high paid and the g great t consumed In tho those e prove proe It to be a food tood product ot of greAt value alue All the coldwater throwers and obstructionists who are without the ambition or to grasp or accept u a desirable innovation cannot retard releNt the and growth of an In Industry which l is destined to supply the American people with a choIce and economIcal food tood product Ot Of cour course ther will be no market demand tor or Belgian hares to speak ot of until there Is III a greater supply and there will be no at mArket prices until the IncreaSing demand for tor breed breedIng Ing purposes is II supplied d and although the little animal rapacity to multiply Is something being over per pr must remember that It has only been within the pact two years that they have bove been blen Imported from S A 5 V AAA 4 l very estimate with erdi nary Juck It is II re to suppose that th thee hares would average In price close clOie to the value alue ot of time stock tOek But Dut In to prevent an any eon oon we will figure fiure each hare Os OR worth only per cent of et the stock this would gI give rm 1141 gross return Deducting the large lare al allowance lowance ot of 1000 for tor expenses ot of teed feed I lag coring otc etc It leaves a net profit of 1142 on an original investment of noo Do you not think title this subject is II worth Investigating Now to comae to that part ot of the In dust III as curried on by the true tru fancier time the student ot of nature who 8 sees and ap predates high art and enjoys above all things his hll opportunity to assist In the ot of the beautiful In the ant ani animal mel mal kingdom using his hili time and Intel for tor th the development of a high higher or er standard ot of excellence always nfl ani animal mal mated Id with the hope ot of attaining per Lection and viewing the result of his hll a a a a i VV V V V V V V V V white It would be punIshed on the card 1 point The number ut of points al allotted to 10 the t twentynine Sections a ax 11 ISO The degree ot of tin perfection to each elch twentynine II jotted down time the section ton and aud the total Imperfections tro from 10 gIves time valuation ot or the animaL Thul Thui I It wi will b be seen t the beginner h has it advantage It if his stock tok JI Is scored on one ot of the these ca cards An nd by com camper r ing hll hia cr card wih with th the seed of thet be pros prospective lr sire ot of hi his t crain certain my may b be eliminated I the de delre lre Mr to Impress upon thee deSiring to enter Into this to tG demand a seers cr card before Purchasing and AI 1 W ways u use er 4 a el score earth n In meting maUng ad and with th the nn fin stock we alry already hae have In Utah WI we will 1 not b be ashamed to toI corn I PIe re notes notH at BI any time with th casters ot or western breeders inside Imide or outside the ow rm room IWIN K PIlAT PRATT Judge of the National Belgian Jare hare Club of L LA lass |