The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-26
JACK RABBIT IN
KANSAS DOOMED
CREATURE POPULAR AS FOOD IN
THE CITIES is BEING ExTER.
MINATED TO SUPPLY
DEM A ND.

Hutchinson, Kas.. Dec. 26.-The
most popular winter meat OF the poor
people in the cities win not last much
longer. Kansas is witnessing the
passing Of the jack rabbit. The active
and tasteful little animal Is going the
mated. Just as forty years ago hunters
were Staying buffalo in western Kan
sas by the tens of thousands, there
are this year jack rabbits being
slaughtered by gangs of hunters not
for sport. but for meat.
Forty years ago, Hutchinson was the
center of the buffalo shipping indus
try, meat and bones being sent by
carloads to the east. And now Hut
Crimson is the shipping point for the
jack rabbit business, the animals be-
ing sent east by carload lots. And just
as following the wholesale slaughter
inf of buffalo forty years ago that ami
NAL was quickly exterminated, so 1t
is freely predicted the jack rabbit Will
soon be wiped out.
It is estimated that not less than
50 900 Jack rabbits have already been
shipped from Hutchinson 10 the East
ern markets, mostly to Chicago. They
are sold for meat in the east one
| firm, Beck Bros, have already shipped
| 80 900 rabbits from Hutchinson. They
are bought up from hunters through
out western Kansas, paying five to ten
| cents each for them, and then for
warded in carload lots to the east
Jack rabbit meat is in much demand
| i'm Chicago. st. Louis and the east,
said X. C. Beck. sheriff of Reno coun-
ty. who is at the head of the firm
1--WE have already sent six car LOADS
Of the jacks to Chicago and have or
ders for all we can get"
The demand for jack rabbits is lead
ing farmers in the western Kansas
counties to organizing round-ups. II
one recent hunt in Lane county 1,SO
rabbits were bagged. Beck Brother
received from one Scott county nun
100 rabbits. Thanksgiving day hunt
inc alone resulted i'm 1000 rabbits be
ing shipped to this one firm. in add
lion TO lacks received by other buyers
At the big cold storage houses in Hut
Crimson there are thousands or ran
hits in storage awaiting shipping OF
3 ders.
I In an afternoons hunt by the Sun
4 ,iav school class of Tom Hutto
Kingman 172 rabbits were bagged.
fact lack rabbit hunting is becomin
Y a popular sporting contest. A team
hunters from Buffalo township Ba'
o ton county, engaged i'm contest WI
q team of town hunters from Gre
n Rend. The farmers won, bagslng a.
"iacks" to 434 shot by the town me
Tho victors got all the rabbits KILL
and sold the 500 jacks for $4S cas-
= enough to pay for big supper ~
- .h,gb prn" of the contest was held
Horny otto. who killed sixty-one du
tho the DAYS hunt, Warnie otto, :
9 brother. coming second with htty-o
!. iacEs similar contest was pull
N off in Ness county, between tear
II from Bceler and Laird. twelve men
, team. The Beeler hunters baSg
ZOO lacks and the Laird team "
making a total bag for the day OF
20 600 jack rabbits.
80 The jack rabbit industry Is aim i
as important this year as the poui'
" businesg i'm Hutchinson. In fact lar
!, sections at the big plants OF the IA
~ on Poultry and Egg company d
- e,is. G. 20. have been set apart
the rabbit business. There are ,no
sands OF jack rabbits being held
ed cold storage for shipment at the Cai
m salt company cold storage house
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