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Show Rabbit Skins Are I Being Made Into Ermine for Ladies "That Belgian hares have other re-sourceful re-sourceful veins than meat producing; remained to be established bv an amateur ama-teur English woman fancier," relates (Mrs. B. F. Wilcox in the current issuo of llunter-Trader-Trr.pper, published at Columbus. ( hio. "The climax of her undertaking was when she appeared at a large pet stock show in England with a jaunty, becom ing hat, a coat, and a set of furs made from rabbit skins, which she admitted publicly were nothing more than some jof her pet rabbits "In England, 83.000 rabbit skins a year are being made over into ermine, Arctic fox and black lynx fhrs to fol 'milady. Before the war such rabbity bave been produced by scorer, of mil-lions mil-lions in Europe, and vast quantities of the skins imported to the United States to masquerade as real fur American breeders are raising the same kind of rabbits that produce the best money for the fur shops, and it is certain that as valuable rabbit fur e.m be produced in America as elsewhere I 1 have found that it is a business that can be conducted every month in thr year, and a hobby that will pay its way j is one to be valued." oo j |