Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1918 — Rabbit Meat for Wartime Food. [ARTICLE]

Rabbit Meat for Wartime Food.

Wartime conservation of beef and pork has enabled a Kansan to develop a rather extraordinary business in the marketing of wild rabbits, both jacks and cottontails. A rabbit-packing plant has been established and is now shipping frozen bunnies by the tens of thousands. A recent contract called for 480,000 pounds of jackrabbit meat. The jacks average four pounds each when dressed. This means that approximately 120,000 rabbits were required to fill the order. ■ The fur is disposed of at a handsome profit. It is used in the manufacture of high-grade felt, such as enters into the making of men’s hats. All waste products are converted into fertilizer. The industry also rids the country of a crop-destroying pest —Popular Mechanics Magazine.