Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1917 — 90,000,000 Rabbits Needed For Felt Hats Made in the United States Every Year. [ARTICLE]

90,000,000 Rabbits Needed For Felt Hats Made in the United States Every Year.

Did you know that the felt hat you are wearing represents the fur of three or four rabbits? It’s a fact, declares the San Francisco Examiner. And it's also true that there are about 30.000,000 felt hats made in the United States every year. Figure it out for yourself. At the minimum of three rabbits per hat. that number of hats means 90,000,000 rabbits a year. Of that number less than two per cent are killed In the United States, according to a paper read before the Society of Chemical Industry In New York by C. D. Parks. Most of the other 98. per cent come from Australia, where the rabbit, introduced long ago as a pet, has become a national pest.