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Show Whow! What an Occupation! Ebte, Pa., March 29. Timothy Babcock, a veteran of the late war, is so incapacitated incapaci-tated by reason of the loss of his hearing, caused by a bursting shell, that he cannot work. A short time ago he conceived the idea of growing skunks for their furs. . He commenced work less than a year ago, and "has a very large , number of very choice specimens of the black skunk variety. The females breed three-times a year anipto : duce a dozen or more young at each litter. The black fur retails readily at a dollar each, and even more. The mixed black and white are not so valuable. The industry is a thriving one. The hop growers in the western west-ern part of the country are also encouraging encourag-ing the growth of the skunk for the protection protec-tion of the vines against the grub worms. |