The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28

A Georgia Man VIII HAS Erred Moro Than
$4,000 In Six Months for Northern Markets.

$4,000 In Six Months for Northern Markets.
From the Atlanta Journal
"I received q letter from the man whom I lefn
In charge of my business, in Walton county,
stating that he had succeeded in driving the
first installment of rabbits from my farm to
Winder, whore they were loaded on the cara
night before last" remarked big, fat, genial
Billie Lamb as he overlook q representative of
the Journal
THAT sounds like a song" was the reply.
yes, 1t may sound like a song. but it's COS.
pei truth. There were 1 300 of them, and 8. j.
Manning drove them eight miles through the
country, from my farm to Winder. and they
were safely landed on the cars especially pre-
pared for shipment to Philadelphia and Balti.
more"
where did you catch EN- ?"
Il didn't have to catch 'em. I raised the en-
tire lot on my farm in Walton county, where I
business raising hares for the Northern markets.
They are as easily managed as any domestic
them. Raising cotton does not begin to com.
p pnon T fbe o ESaifsi INA rabbits rabbi e. as so they are called,
with a small beginning, having caught my
breeders IN boxes. and on a twelve-acre field /
have brod between 5000 and 20. 1000 during the
,%The lot that I was s]peakinG Of was about
nall Of a consignment of $500 which L sold 10
board, Air Line Railroad. / am under contract
20 deliver the other LOO between now and
Monday, and il Manning has tho same success
in driving the next lot that he had in the first I
shall be just $437.5O better of, and will have
chasers. sold them to Capt. Brown at i2is
cents apiece all around. and no will sell
them alive, in tho markets of Baltimore and
Philadelphia at from 20 to 80 cents each, so that
you VIII sec what enormous profits may bo
Manning wrote mo that he did not have the
least troubl in driving that big drove through
the country. They started, from tho farm, he
and n boy whom he employed TO assist him. alter
nighli9l, and before daylight they had the
which they ARE shipped are arranged with tiers
Of boxes; each Just large enough 10 hold one Of
arrival at Winder they were driven III into entib1 e
siocky9rds, the lower cracks of which had been
plane used in shipping SICK without the least ,as1
diticnlty. and as fast as one tier of boxes wan
nilcd hescovcrings were put in place and an.
Tho old field hare is a very timid animal.
ana ne sight Of dog would hayc caused a gen.
we cannot use dogs in driving them, and lie
Ger d hnf 4 boy 30 c VINO GonyeyHd thu drove 70 VIM
their naturally timid disposition causing then,
to- si'rh t3Fclhcr during The lengthy "Trip;
It IS easter ana cheaper TO raise hares than
chiCkcnsi ana as they arc 80 much cheaper than
c0rrCsp0ndingly larger in the big cities Of The
North. wiero they aro considered as a dciiraey
paying 80 and 30 cents apiece forchickcns avs
foni ny" incl2s"d twelve acres OF land. The
49,, -" '''' Va NpNtN NIFf, llkN u Tennis court.
h'h as hafcs. are not diggers. Ike the English
fabplt, mere Is no trouble in keeping them With.
IN bounds. The. fence Is about four feet high.
and ~ tho middle of tho field / planted a tSo.
acre iurnip patch.
This furnishes them nipple fool, with t,a
nrTllS ana grasses uIOn Nhlch lnry iccu. and
wN'Ih grow naturally in the old ticIl 4,
stocked HE farm with "a few breeders md
cS"n M mach MS knew of tho habit, and
tiih!nctcrisli,s OF tho hare. I was asionis ed
~ INC RESULT. Why, n man can lake n
n'llc an" u IDhcn wcll'grown females and q ocE
u goou-slIed iarm in u very short time. They
multiply, faster than any other animal that 4
SNOW o. except the white rat. In many ins
stances ! have seen as many as twenty ynnn, IL
one Illler, ana. they range all the way from tya
entire year. ""'''6 NV
.Iilcy are remarkably free from disease. md
soon necolll6, accustomed to the presence OF iheir
h'rurfs ana l"arn to cat iEom hi hands. There
- no eslImhtlng how many may he bred ON n
IIl'll area "ltlin Z. year. As for tho prOdts. II
i 'o9in trt all tilal ! have now on hand on ns
goon terms az ] sold that $500. | could rcniize
more nun u } ankcu off his orange grove.
! = a very pleasant business, If a man has
re shlll anu, patience To watch and wait. whilo
~ lh,oIhh increases in n sort Uf nri;hmotical
PRO Icssion. Atlanta ships Annually tLouAsnds
IN thousands Of, harcs from the valley OF ihS
1uihoeTInhu; IN Tennessee. and there Is no reSs
son why me old fields OF Georgia sbon1S
NOT supply ms as well as contributing To II
supply OF other markets."