Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-08-11
RABBITS.

from the febi
When Jane, Anthony Froude travelled IN
Australia ths,e or four years ago, SAYS cues
Ter p Dewei in the AgricatHrtst, he made
IN. remark BILE discovery that the complaints
in regard 10 the deyastallons eomhilttea ~
The rabbits in those colonies were oYerSFnugut
and that no more rabbits we're observer uus'
ms, his stay than he could see about an Rug
ush warren on moonlight evening. Alf'
Froude Is not a very keen observer OF Tue
faets which pass under his own eyes, aud the
people Of those distant colonies may be e3-
cused for dUabting his word, aud ior making
the extraordinary efforts that they DO 70 GET
rid Of the rabbit pest, which has been 70 ~.
iurlous 10 their crops. 1t is officially reported
from New Zeanlad that 10 1851 more thah
5OO, 900 acres Of sheeDruBs were abAndoned
an account 81 rabbits; that the loss Ia exports
was estimated at S. 50j. 0OO per snnuh, aud
that upward Of $4,000, 900 OF these animals
had been Killed In three Years The money
expended has been something enormous 10
Victoria the parliament began 10 io'bo1 apptO'
prIatlng 50, 4OO, aud gradually rose from year
10 wear until IL 1884 the appropriation was
more than $4,000 New South wales "a
psnded $50 700 per annum for ave Years 10
1854 The government appropriation Ia sOuth
Australia was $3.50. In New Ltaland ths
approprlAtiOn was s31O 900 per ahnum Al
these sums are additional 70 private shpehul.
lures which have been very Urge Iue more
rabbits are killed the more there seem 10 o.
aud the trappers are suspected VI intFhdue-
ing the rabbits into new districts while they
slaughter them In the old EYcff possible
effort has been made 70 get I'd o. these Great
ures The mOnguoas has brcu impustrd from
India for their destruct On. poison has besn
employed, cunning has been lifted " place
among the useful arts and has bcen po9tilsf,
ICED to a great exteut ia the culDng, End stiil
tie animals Increase and muiitpll BE- 0hA
ANYTHING that is known almost 10 the whole
history u tho world
NJ Pasteur the great French spec asltt, has
been lied 10, aud Il Is claimed that he has
discovered a cure for this rabJit pest; this 10
10 inOcuate them with the germs OF a certain
disease which proves fatal - them, and j. hpi
transferred % other anllnAlA Ints disease u
not only Infectious but contagious zhI
spreads with great Fapliity, ~ thai when Que
rabbit has eAlen the food containing the
germ II spreads within Vegy sh0Fs time TO
10 the other occupants Of the buFTnN aud car
ries them of aith exceeding rspiatY ".
Pssteur claims that the germ OF this disease
which he impar's 20 tho rabbit Is easily nut
tlplird III any meat SOUP he also declared
that he has proved II 10 Be inuOCunut 10 the
case OF sheep cattle, horses, and iIza shtch
are the domestic an mails most likely u share
his food With tue rabbit Whether BgalgrF 10
equals exempt Or not be docs no, say. Tie
rabbi. Il rather . dainty aulmAI, and u mol
geneTaliF supposed 10 b. brBugh. 40 Oh soup
90 10 be fed aIlh spoon, aud Il "a possible
that hc might object 70 taxing hts FAiioaA 10
this manner, but AT all events - far IA Ell
per meutS have been tried thet hsYg proved
successful ~ New solth Wales tbs pvople
have not mi taken au lnterrss 10 ths paHIgug
remedy hut the government has offered 4 tr,
a fEF 3. n sah
this curse can Ia removed The 1BafF slls
AyFicl tEgi4t Ga4 received many letters UPON
IA : subject aud We have beeH quite lnBrrcaI.
ell 10 reading the plans and iirss whlch our
correspondents have prsseHlcd. SONS adyen
tuTous American has already started tgF New
South Wales with rsmrdJ, which be srr ~
secret, and by the Use % Whleh he proposes
10 win the reward offered By the COVE Fnms ~ !
aud 60 free the colony from these untmalA
Experiments made 10 Victoria aud Tasmania
Ia the incubation ~ rabbits With diseased
germs DESTROYED sDU Of the animals which
were confined IN an Enclosure aud Whleh
gradually wasted awHy Toe seventeen dayG
Other animals at the same tins were inaru,
lated With the same disease, bus exhibited no
sign or symptom OF illness, thus shoWSng that
the disease was peculiar TO the RABBIT
The inoeuatiug schemes 10 australia have
been referred 10 4 commission Of experts
chOsen from ell the colonies Who vii 81.
anime and report upon the various methods
devised In October ot last year e1pcrlmSns
was made upon rabbits ia an area II 500
acres, being one % the worst affected runs Ia
New South Wales Tbr iuosuiatrd rabbits
were ear-mdrHei and TUNED Out amuug The
sheep and other domestic sulmala with re-
suits that proved 20 be- falal within three
weeks, Ia that time destroying the greater
portion Ut the rabbits In a similar lHcinsurr
u was found that out 81 4BJ rahblts nnIy
seven lived. and these we're Icfg ~ drrrsuIt
WNF FFNfrF feaV q a. -
animals oere also lnOculatsd with the same
poison ana IL vas proved satisfactorily that
they could not take The Infection Nor h
there any danger To human bsinEa Tho *.
perla Who have handled the virus far mon tina
together are unframed. Tbs nxncra ~ the
shrcp runs Ia the districts occupied b. ths
rabbits bave watched the operations B, the
government officers wish tbs greatest Interest
aud are satisfied that the remr,tv will my,
ehectlal, aud IN February and March to IN.
equation was proceeded within a large nun.
Der OF districts
In the Mackenzie country. on the soutb
island OF New Zealand, and between latitriT
" and W, south, an expedition vas made
lew weeks since BY large party 81 ueirtaia
aud others, whose object was 10 ,lstsFmIus
The exact llnn upon which rabbit fence ~
barrier should b. erected arrnss lie Isiard
The mnisseF Of lands, who headed the na,,1
after very careful examination concluded ibst
" would be impractlcabIs 70 maintain eVsb
u once erected, rabbit proof fener. IN 4
large portion OF that country. Beside. an
lmncnce glacier which lay upon the mountain
slopes OF the southern Alps, and which was
uhdeT constant motion, threatened Apv bsF
fiet that might be constructed The ol,icrt
OF TINS barrier was to prevent the rabti,s
from ngrating from one portion OF the "a ofv
70 smother. On the Tasman river whtcb Z
~ south Canterbury aud Il penr M1upt 80
there are several miles Of bauk DEVOID :,
vegetation; the river being three nilss ,'tta
ana moving IN numerous deep and ranid
chahheIs. lhls land would bg barrier To- tbs
aaVanee OF the long.eared foe Tie rnlnis,cy
conciudfl That i fence was erected Tor
twenty miles on the east side II the Tasmsn
L I the rabbits could not cross into snttth
canterbury. Other fences viii be erected ~
various points IN that part Of the colony and
On we Maitakl river, where a bridge lsd ~
Iofueu the rabbits means Of crossing frn,r
one slhe 70 the other d rabblt-proof gain ~.
70 De erected, the gate TO be closed N nIs,ht
hnu elinilAr gate was 10 he nlarSd ~ tbss
faliroad bridge upon the same river. ''o
~ - almost laughabiG 10 read tbs., ..,,,.,
~ they appear III New Iceland iouynsts S,.s
~, w. hote the gravity and dignity with Wbtsb
they are expressed. One would ibInL az. ~ Nv
ras,on Oh human foe was to bs moi ara
tnat tnese prospecting officials were rneas,oJ
~ yinR OUT plan Of defense. On ,ha
wnole appears that the cOlonsts In yari, w
pWsrts o. australia are really In na,nss, ~
dhelr Efforts Tor the destruction ~ saL,,,nu
lno eVl y great and unmltlqated N rlsns y,
Vaster proportions there than IN a.. STU W
country, and our fnrmara a,,d - 10y btHtI