THE GAZRTTE-TIMKS, HFITXER, OKK- THIRSDAY. JVtY 29, 1&20.
INCREASING DEMAND FOR RABBIT MEAT
OFFERS OPPORTUNITY TO HELP INCOME
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sections or me country ns California,
W Hh',njrt. Colombo. K;iiis.is. Mis
oun. the .loniesiu-nlotl raWm is ivo
oinii?Ml :t a it:ul:ir meat imiiiiul.
RuMilts Nif alive to uuirkiM
in cniU's in aiv neatly dressoil rt-atly
for oookinn ami are packed in a san
iliirv insnuer for transportation.
Tliere are numerous Instances of
profitable rul'bit rinsing. A rvsMenl In
Kansas City. Kans.. lias rabeil "00
to -um pounds of rat'bit moat for use
on his own tuWe, at a cost of about
half the present nioiit prices. A lurt'e
institution tfi Nebraska has raised nih-
A Family of Belgian Harea The Flesh of Home-Grown Rabbit li
Practically Indistinguishable by Tas.e From Chicken.
tlTerrp1 By the t'tiHcd Slan-s lw;art
ment of AieTiriiHure - i
For many years rabbits have leen '
raised In this country as pets and as ,
fancy stock for competitive exhibi
tions, but now It has become profit- j
able for many living in the country,
and even city dwellers, to raise these '
animals for the food market. Until ;
war and postwar prices set everyone j
to thinking about the food problem.
there had been no real Incentive to j
breed rabbits for practical ends, as
they were not actually needed for
food, and better fur than theirs could
be had for little money. However, the
great change In economic conditions
has materially chanted their status.
The general Introduction of any
kind of a food product is dependent
upon the public's familiarity with that
product American people In geuenil
hare learned something of the value
of rabbit meat through the rather
general use of wild rabbits, which
were hunted and trapped by farmers
and sportsmen and others in almost
all parts of the country, llome-grown
rabbit do not have the gamy flavor
of wild rabbits, their flesh being prac
tically Indistinguishable by taste from
that of chicken.
Because of the well-remembered
Belgian hare boom which took place
some years ago, there Is considerable
disinclination on the part of many
to undertake rabbit raising for profit
Experiments along this line In the
past should not be confused with rab
b't rt:n'- n now advocated by the
United Statea department of agricul
ture. The Belgian hare boom spread
rapidly for a time and continued as
long as there was a demand for breed- i
iiig stock, but when this demand wa
changed to a meat basis the boom
collapsed, as there was then no real
need fur a new source of meat
Demand for Rabbit Meat
Kxperieuce In more recent years has
proved, however, that rabbit raising
for the purpose of supplying the meat
trade is profitable. City and suburban
dwellers are raising rabbits In back
yards. Although the total production
is us yet comparatively small, It Is
steadily increasing. In such scattered
It
New Zeiland "Red.
bits Instead of poultry nud reports
the meat more satisfactory than chick
en, and also a urnst profitable prod
uct. Cm a county farm in Washington,
rabbits wire frovn to provide for
the county hospitals, furnishing a sub
stitute for i hickens.
Europ: '-; Eat Many Rabbits.
Further evidence of the tmtrketing
posslbilltl-s hi rabbit raising are to
be found in the experience of France
and Uelcium and other European
countries. In the grottier part of
Europe, except the most northerly por
tions, rabiin breeding was an industry
of considerable Impoi'tuiu'e before the
wnr. About 100.OUC.000 rabbits were
marketed annually in France, approx
imately 2.000,000 were raised In Bel
glum per year for home constaliptlon
and export. The value of rabbits an
nually exported from )stend to Eng
land exceeded $1.0c.iXXp. while, in
cluding wild hares raised in Kngnsii
preserves, England Itself was produc
ing from 30,000,00 to -Kl.ttHVOuO rab
bits. The consumption In one year be
fore the war In London amounted to
half a million pounds dally aud In
Paris to 2110,000 pounds.
Refund to Merchant!,
Spokana, Wash. Wholesale and
manufacturing firms of Spokane, as
an additional incentive to merchants
from the four northwestern states to
attend the convention to be held at
Spokane August 4, 6, and 6, have
offered a two per cent refund on all
goods purchased during the confer
ence to apply on the railroad expenses
of the visitors, in addition to other
regular discounts which may bo
granted by the individual firms. The
refund is given on all orders placed
on August 4-5-6-7, and covers pur
chases made and billed out during
those days or for future delivery any
time during the current'year.
fare. More space Is being signed up
! for machinery exhibits than at any
I previous fair. Farming operations
for 1919, according to the department
of agriculture, produced crops that
had a value at the farm of 11 8 per
cent above 1918 and animals pro
duced 9.9 above, but the gain In wag
es for farm labor was relatively
greater. Machinery houses exhibit
ing at the Interstate Fair believe
they ran solve the problem of farm
labor and on machinery rohv will
show the latest devices toward this
end.
Merchants Assist Farmers.
Spokane, Wash. Business firms at
Moscow have adopted an interesting
plan of assisting farmers during the
press of harvesting. The labor sit
uation has not clarified itself and if
it proves ijecessary to save the crops
n-lll lend their clerks
land employees generally for harvest
operations.' While harvesting of fall
sown wheat will not begin in Latah
county before the second week in Au-
! gust, except In a few co-ees, growers
iare getting ready for harvest. Far
mers, generally, will try to onserve
labor and save the heavy expense of
paving harvest wages that are ex-
pected to -be about $1 a day higher
than last year.
Wages Highest In 1919.
Spokane, Wash. Farm wages
were the highest in the history of
the United States in 1919, acording
tc statistics of the department of
agriculture. This fact has given add
ed interest to the machinery row at
the Interstate Fair, September -ll,
and the latest models of machinery
available for practical farm work will
this year crowd this busy thorough-
STAR THEATER
TONIGHT
THURSDAY, JULY 29th
ALICE JOYCE IN
TONIGHT
"THE WINCHESTER WOMAN"
Hounded by her past, kicked by cruel fate, she sacrifices self to save those she loves.
A Heroine Who Lives and Dies Unknown.
Artcraft presents
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS In
"BOUND IN MORROCCO"
See Doug in a harem. Basha El Harib thought he was the Grand Past Master of the Order of Harem Own
ers, but our old friend, Douglas Fairbanks, demonstrates to him, clearly and forcibly, that he, Doug-
las Fairbanks, is that exalted office holder.
FRIDAY, JULY 30th
"OTHER MEN'S SHOES"
Featuring Craufurd Kent in a drama of heart revelation in seven parts.
Would you step in "Other Men's Shoes" if they belonged to a minister
and you had just stepped out of prison?
Saturday, July 31st
A BIG SUNDAY SHOW
For 30 and 55 cents
BRYANT WASHBUSN IN
"SOMETHING TO DO"
Also A DREW COMEDY
KUL0LIA presents
Lucky Paka
Hawaii Daintiest Singer and Dancer
With Her FAMOUS HAWAIIANS in the Dreamy Oriental Fantasia
"The Princess of the Paradise"
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1
"It sure does hurt to be pinched by a French Maid."
Priscilla Dean, the meteor of the screen in a thriller with a big twist,
"PRETTY SMOOTH" - Tuesday, Aug. 3
Wednesday, Aug. 4 - "THE VAMPIRE"
A Triangle play adapted from "The Female of the Species," starring
DOROTHY DALTON
f w'Jfi
w- '
tj"'' ' v- 4 $
kW' V'-
CHARLES CHAPLIN and MARIE DRESSLER with MABLE NORMAND
In "TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE"
THURSDAY -: AUGUST 6th -: THURSDAY
Big Acreage Is Cultivated.
Spokane, Wash. L. M. Holt, su
perintendent of the Yakima Indian
reservation, in a preliminary report,
says there are 72,658 acres under cul
tivation on the Yakima Indian reser
vation, an increase of 415S acres over
a year ago. A conservative estimate
places the probable value of the crop
at $11,000,000. Alfalfa alone will
bring more than $3,000,000. The
reservation fruit crop hi agured at
cne-hnlf of the 1919 production, but:
nt $250 return per acre will bring
$700,000. The wheat crop will bring j
$635,965, (while the potato crop, from
present indications, will be worth at
least $950,000. A stock census of
the reservation shows 286 milk cows
more than a year ago, and an increase
of 211 In the number of horses.
There are 136 tractors In use on the
reservation.
most important mission and demand
ed an Immediate interview. Mr.
Fairbanks asked that he be shown
into the studio. Greetings were ex
changed, after Iwhich the visitor said:
"I have come to see you about .
three important things. One Is that,
you don't want stories! Second, you j
don't pay tor stories! Aand third, I
ten m play "
But Mr. Fairbanks didn't allow
him to finish. He ordered the man
out of the studio with a suggestion
that he employ more tact In the fu
ture. . . So, after all Mr. Fairbanks'
pathway through life Is not always,
streM-n with roses. I
KATtaxrrr eoxs
I have arranged to Uke Halted
number of maternity caaet at y
home In eaat H.ppner and assure Ue
very beat attention and ear to all -UtnU.
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phone HBS. O. C. AIKEN, H.ppner,
Oregon. Box 141. Phone tli.
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speedometer, spot light, 1920 license,
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Mr. Fairbanks Path Not
Always A Bed of Roses
Douglas Fairbanks was one day
Just about to do his most Important
scene of "Bound in Morrdcco," his
new Artcraft photoplay which will be
shown at the Star theater Friday,
when a message Iwas given him that
a man was waiting to see him on a
1917 5-passenger Buick, complete
ly overhauled. Excellent mechani
cal condition. Cheap at $850.00.
1917 5-passenger Dodge. Over
haued ana in good condition. A bar
gain at $650.00. i
Terms on above to responsible parties.
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each. v
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our price $1600.00.
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