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ailments. Success requires only ordinary attention to sanitation and cleaning
the rabbit hutches regularly. The cost of raising rabbits in quantities of a
hundred or more is about ten cents a rabbit.

Miss Krabill gives this suggestion on breeding to those interested in raising
rabbits. Secure two bred does and a buck from a reliable breeder who will
guarantee them to be healthy, pedigreed stock. Specify that the buck must be
from a different litter than the does, so he may be used when breeding the
does’ litters later on. This precaution will enable you to mate the rabbits in
the first and second litters without danger of inbreeding. Rabbits reproduce
prolifically, and with good stock to start, you soon will have a number of
animals with salable pelts. You can dispose of them through a tannery or, if
you prefer, shear them for their wool.

“Glad” Garden Brings Joy and Profit

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IGHT years ago Lucretia Kays Hanson, of Mill Valley, California, was
confronted with the problem of supporting five children and a husband whose
ill health had forced him to quit business. Mrs. Hanson is five feet tall and
weighs a hundred pounds but she shouldered the burden without flinching. At
first she was a “jill” of all trades. Finally she applied for a job with the Mill
Valley Record, a newspaper edited by two capable women. Perhaps women
editors are soft-hearted; anyway Mrs. Hanson got work in the office and has
been there ever since. Evenings she typed letters for a blind business man,
coached in French, English and mathematics, and looked after her brood and
her nine-room house.

Meanwhile, Mr. Hanson busied himself with his hobby of raising gladioli. He
had the knack and the “glads” responded by blossoming in gorgeous
profusion. People were enthusiastic over their exceptional beauty and wanted
to buy, but Mr. Hanson gave the flowers away in great armfuls until his wife
suggested: “If they want to buy why not sell?”

They discussed commercial distribution and Mrs. Hanson called on the owner