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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1919
Page
2
EMERICK TELLS WHY HE GROWS NEW ZEALANDS a feature piece on New Zealand rabbits by EMERICK. He extols meat flavor rapid growth and low care. The piece promotes breeding feeding regimes and exhibition appeal.
The Quincy Rabbit Breeders Association, formed in 1918, promotes rabbit raising to aid wartime meat supply. An armory exhibition May 1–4 will feature standard bred stock and meat rabbits, funded by members without merchant aid. Leaders include R. E. Hackman, W. Fraser, H. J. Wullmeyer, and numerous others.
The article extols backyard rabbit meat to save pork and beef for soldiers, and gives detailed instructions on profitable rabbit culture. It covers housing, gestation, litter size, nursing, feeding, growth, fattening, and varieties of feed, with practical steps for killing and dressing. It emphasizes 3 to 4 litters per doe yearly, six to ten week nursing, and balanced rations for steady growth.
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