El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-06

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cd the following letter:
Columbus. N. NJ 11.2si7.
Theodore Rouaplt,
Las Cruces, N. NJ.
Dear 8lr:~~ 4 IS CIv s1ANlI
You will probably recall that several
years agc' 81 Las Cruces ! fellow BY
the name Of Taylor. . barber, lived
and wrought for 4 time, and that he
came over to Columbus ana took up
q homestead. Well, this ~ he.
This letter will be 1 little Dong, but
I want to discuss some matters with
you, % you are now state game war
den. and will doubtless be profoundly
interested in the matter. The subject
may seem trifing at first but I Will
endeavor to show that It is q mHtter
worthy II ysur serious thought.
1 have just finished b lettsr 20 q
Deinjng paper tthe CrAphicJ protest.
Ing against the further daughter need.
lessly. OF the humble Jack rabbit and
giving the reasons therefor. Recently
several hundred OF the soldiery. includ-
Ing many officers. held . rabbit drive
south Of Deming and the paper an
bounced great fun IN the killing with
sticks and stones Of many hundreds
Of these rabbits, and further stated
that those were left upon the "held OF
battle" ETC., etc. 1 know that the gen.
eral opinion prevails that these jack
rabbits are more OF 3 pest than other
wise; that they eat up valuable grass
and forage which cattle and other i've
stock should have: also that they are
very poor eating. All this 1 know Is
the general belief. This letter to you
IL to deny this opinion. / am going
to tell you In some detail why my
self and family and some others here
(who have learned through US how to
handle the meat) consider every rab-
BIT big Or little, old or young, as just
that much meat reserve and should be
protected and intellisently dealt with,
from precisely that angle. / want you
to get IN idea Of just what correct
handling will do to the meat.
First, let ma pause long enough to
remark that q special investigator
Herbert G. Hoover Issued = state
ment to the Associated Press yester-
day which you doubtless saw, relative
Of the d~eplorable condition of the
southwestern livestock industry. The
situation covers, he says, an area as
large as Germany. Now, while there
IL no possible method OF a~scertaining
the number Of rabbits in this South.
west or the poundase Of meat on foot
they represent, it may not be far amiss
to declare that there exists as many
Of rabbit meat as there does
in ell other meat-producing animals
combined. These various livestock
represent hundreds Of millions Of dol,
lars and 1t seems to me the reserve
rabbit meat is equally valuable. Be-
fore I conclude this letter | want to
explain why l know KNOW, with
letters. that this is the case.
I fully know that the deep-set preju-
dice and stupidity could say It more
gracefully to put it TACK OF informa-
tion," but I prefer the word stupidity
when people have lived for
generations beside the rabbit and
know no more about his value than
generally do, one hasn't the pa
tience left to call their thick-headed-
by any melifuous names.
When we came here to homestead
the community could not support .
shop and we were forced to-
look to rabbit meat for our meat ra-
So the wife wrestled with the
and being one who mixes
brains with her cooking 500 worked
put several ways Of preparing the
meat offering a variety of dishes that
we're positively tempting and that did
lot become monotonous. She can re-
every vestige Of "off" flavor and
,oughness and leave the meat with the
rue wild game flavor. After it is pre-
pared one could never guess what spe-
,iai variety Of game it was, for only
he game flavor and color remained.
L 10 as delicious as AMY GAME, but
being dry like venison, it requires a
United amount of fats added to bal
1t of, but it requires nc more
II a program Of preparation than
many other kinds OF dishes that form
! part OF the American dietary. This
mesquite venison is, when properly
prepared, equal to any game ] know
n food value and toothsomeness. You
IAN imagine my feelings, since 7 con.
ider all rabbit meat as SO much meat
'eserve. when I read Of the hilarity
md sport the crowd had in the rabbit
rive south Of Deming recently wherel
hey boasted Of killing many hundreds
Il the l~ong.eared jack and left them
upon the field Of battle" Tons Of
perfectly good meat left to tester and
ct and at every turn we have the
necessity Of food conservation dinned
nto our ears.
You will, OF course; expect some
tatement as to the preparation of this
neat. First Of all 1t is necessary toll
Understand that jack rabbit meat, the
MUSCLE itself, is not the least BIT
ough. No matter hold old a Jack be-
the muscle itself never seems
o tougher. Those who have tried
he usual crude and unintelligent ways