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Show BI3 :hads:tijrvi)& . iiiihwiiiiii "" ir-:Tuo; ; coukty 13 obeat v APPINQ CENTER. lift- -svllle Clipped Over 30,000 of tho ." ,, p Animals to Outsidu Stations Dui- .. - U7g the PftBt winter Cau- ' not Supply Demand. ' tn Hawesvllle, Ky. That moro rabliltB i 'ril ' 'J10 Ir0lll'cd In Hancock county than "' ..iwl ohyoihercouiiminlty In Kentucky lsevl- " ",' TTe'nt from thb great nunibn that Is an- i r.uslly bliippcd from this place. AUIioukU this Is ono of tho smallest - ' '' counties In tho state In arcn. It Is, no ' doubt, the largest rabbit market In the southern states. About SOUUO rnbblm . were shipped from Hancock county last ' , winter to the big cities, to saj nothing of tho numbers consumed at home. In- ,, , - dlcatlons are that even a greater num- ?'",,, bcr will be shlprcd this winter. , V One merchant alono hero has shipped nearly lO.OtK) and says he could use twice as many If he could get them. Mpstot ' the Rabbits that nro shipped are caught '' ..on snares by boys who make a busl- ncss of snaring every winter, and few nro tho boys nowadays on n farm who i ,' do not have from 10 to 20 or even CU ! '" snares set for "bunny" by tho first frost ' fall. Tho snares nro made by bending a small bush and fastening It to a prong, which Is driven lnlo the ground, by . . means of a trigger and buttpn, tho but- a ton being fastened to the Hiring. , A hnngman's loop Is then mado and E placed around little pegs driven Into ty the ground. On tho trigger Is., placed a , piece of apple just Inside the loop so that when "brer rabbit" sticks his head In to steal the forbidden fruit ho trlia '' tho trigger, tho string Is iclcascd. the IiueIl files back to Us original position, jerks tho loop tight and the rabbit Is s ,:i "- killed by strangulation. " ' Tho snares are baited and set every v evening and tho owner goes every morn- ,- it""" . 'UK early to see what luck he has had durlug the night. Tho catch usually ', ' runs about ono rabbit to every four snares. Tho rabbits nro brought into , ' market eery few days and sold to the merchants nt five cents each. A rabbit Is only worth (lvo cents here, It doesn't muter If It Is the first catch ot the sea--1 son, the market price being thd Bnme all wlntor. Bnarvd rabbits are much better than those that are shot because they aro not mutilated In any way. Although the snaring process has been going on for r .i severnl seasons, there seems to be an abundunt Eiipply of rabbits, and one does ! . " not have to go out of the city limits to .. find thorn. , ' In o number of instances negroes havo boon known to pay hs high as 25 to 50 v cents for a rabbit that was caught In n . - graveyard so that they might get the ! " " left hind foot to carry In their pockets ".. to keep away hoodoos, but one can never r ""' ' bo induced to cat a rabbit of this kind. H |