Smyrna times., 1924-01-30
MOVEMENT TO RE-STOCE STATE
WITH WESTERN BRED RABBITS
500 BUNNIES FROM KANSAS
SHIPPED AND MORE COMING
John p. LeFevre, State Game Warden
Will Place Them in Various Parts
d of State-Delawar Has Scarcity

. of State-Delaware Has Scarcity
A movement started by some of the
local sportsmen with the object in
mind of relieving the scarcity of rab-
bits in Delaware by restocking the
State with live rabbits shipped from
places in the Middle West, where rab-
bits are pest to the farmers, is gain
ing popularity with the live ones in
Newark, who are fond of days gun
ming now and then. No definite ac-
ton has been taken yet to carry the
plan into execution, but ways and
means are being discussed. The plan
to bring live rabbits into Delaware is
the same one which the State of
Pennsylvania is carrying out success
fully. This winter 10000 live cotton
tails are to be shipped by one man
from the plains of Central Kansas
for use in restocking Pennsylvania.
More than 1000 of the bunnies have
already been shipped by this man, al
most a full carload being shipped in
one day. Eight hundred rabbits from
Delaware to restock the state with
that game. The rabbits are being sent
to Chief Game Warden, John P. Le-
Fevre, of Dover, who completed ar
rangements for, the shipping with the
chief game warden of Kansas while
attending a conference of game Off
cials of various states held in New
York some weeks back. Because of
the tendency of rabbits to fight when
huddled together in great quantities,
in this particular case, the bunnies
now being shipped are separated to
insure their safe arrival. The ship
ment of the rabbits will not entail any
expense whatever to the state as the
expense will be paid out of funds Sc
cured from licenses paid by hunters
and fishermen. Mr.. LeFevre will dis
tribute the consignment of rabbits to
those sections which apply for them
The experiment, if proven satisfac-
tory will likely be repeated in the
future.
Kansas Rabbits are Carefully Shipped
Koon c. Beck, an animal dealer o1
Hutchinson, Kansas, has a cOntrac
with the Pennsylvania Game Commits
sion to furnish them the 10000 rab
bits. He has carried out similar con
tracts with the game commission il
\ other years. Beck buys the rabbit!
from farmers and farmer boys wht
trap them. In this way the farmer
there are able to kill two birds will
one stone, as in addition to the none!
which they receive, they reduce tn
number of rabbits in sections wher,
they do a vast amount of damage t,
: fruit trees and crops in the fields
Twenty-Five to thirty-fve cents eacl
is the price paid by the dealer. Tn
rabbits are shipped in crates, eacl
bunny having a compartment of hi
own in which there is a receptacle fO
food. At the beginning of the jOurne,
the receptacle is filled with food, con
sisting of a third of an ear of corr
some alfalfa and a piece of carrot
The carrots have moisture enough i
them to last the bunnies during thei
journey.
SpOrtsmen Looking to Better Gunnin
The Newark spOrtsmen believe tina
this plan can be carried out very sue
cessfully in Delaware, the money t
be raised by the licensing of gunner'
which they nope to see become a lay
at the next session of the Legislature
All real sportsmen are heartily i
. favor of paying a reasonable licens
fee for the privilege Of a good day
. cunning and all are agreed that som
steps must be taken to overcome tn
marked scarcity of rabbits in thi
State. The animal dealer in Kansa
paid about $500 for 1000 rabbits j
: one shipment and the charges on tn
fast express were nearly $1,000 NOR
: PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTE