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Show RABBIT SKINS ARE IN DEMAND Washington, July 23. American hat manufacturers are making rabbit rab-bit trappers' lives happy in Australia, according to a report to this government govern-ment from Vice Consul General Henry Hen-ry I). Baker of Sydney. He says that in many Australian towns rabbit trapping and freezing especially during dur-ing tho winter season Is a remunerative remuner-ative occupation, experienced trappers trap-pers making $5 to $7 n day. American hat manufacturers arc-making arc-making a much larger use of these skins than formerly. Exports of marsuplat skins, chiefly rabbit sk.ns from tho port of Sydney to the United Unit-ed States in 1909. amounted to -sr9.-092, nearly donblo the value of 1903. The total value of such skins invoiced in-voiced from Sydney for tho United States for the llrst three months of 1910. was $16S.597. |