While haves seem to stand the very cold climates, rabbits as a rule thrive best in warmer countries, which accounts for their scarcity in cold lands, and may account partly for the greater popularity of rabbit farming in England and on the Continent than in America. Thousands of rabbits have been raised in European countries to one in the United States or Canada: or at least: this was so until a Lew years ago. Another reason for the greater popularity was that the peoples of Europe found other meat al than did those accordingly, were compelled to keep rabbits on an tensive scale, It is said that migland uses from 23 to 30 million pounds of rabbit meat a year, and in France, Belgium, and Germany, rabbits are eaten as a matter of Returning, however, to the subject of Angoras, which are gaining popularity with their breeders, 1 species originated most probably from Persia, where long haired creatures seem 0 have been more a mon than in most places; the Persian eat being another example. Angoras are often used as food in parts of Europe but they are chiefly bored for their handsome coats of long feces' hair, which giver them fan" unique appearance among rabbits. The quality of the animal, the average weight of which is 9 Ib, depends upon the perfection of its white fur, which may vary from 5 inches to 7 inches in length: ale thouweh sometimes in very fine specimens it runs to three or even four inches longer. The coats of the Angorns are most carefully tended by their women breeders, and the combings and pluckings taken at definite periods of the year are sold at an excellent price for} spinning into wool for the making of children's and grown-ups! knitted coats, hats, socks, ete.
There seems to be some confusion as to the origin of the fancy breeds of these animals, but they fare probably all descended from the The picture shows a breeder pinning wool and shows also, in the background, a fine specimen of an Angora with its owner.
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