Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1896 — Australian Rabbit Plague. [ARTICLE]

Australian Rabbit Plague.

Australia has found it Impossible to abate the rabbit plague. In New South Wales alone, 7,000,000 acres of land have been abandoned—£l,ooo,ooo has been spent—and the only plan that hasnny good effect is wire netting, and of this 15,000 miles have been used. No girl with a pretty mowtli should ever say, “I Just sassed him right back.”