Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1912 — Worse Than English Sparrow. [ARTICLE]

Worse Than English Sparrow.

Rabbits were originally introduced into Australia by a squatter, near Melbourne. who thought that the sight of them would remind him of home. They ! did. but they cost him $250,000 before they were done with him, and that little reminiscence is costing the colonies $3,500,000 per annum. A pair of rabbits in five years are capable of producing a progeny of 20.000. 000. and In Australia they seem f« have acted up to their capacity.