. Outdoor opportunities; the raising care of small animals, birds and plants; a practical treatise on the raising and care of small animals, birds and plants for profit and pleasure . Points COLOR—Chinchilla color over entire body, feet,head, ears, with the exception of belly, which iswhite. Under-coat full, soft slate 30 COAT—Exceedingly solt and dense, hairs one inchlong 30 SHAPE AND SIZE—Mandolin type, size up to 8pounds 20 HEAD AND EARS—Head free from to be small with darker lines on theiredges 5 EYES—Full and round, bright but dark 5 FEET—Small, straight and ev
. Outdoor opportunities; the raising care of small animals, birds and plants; a practical treatise on the raising and care of small animals, birds and plants for profit and pleasure . Points COLOR—Chinchilla color over entire body, feet,head, ears, with the exception of belly, which iswhite. Under-coat full, soft slate 30 COAT—Exceedingly solt and dense, hairs one inchlong 30 SHAPE AND SIZE—Mandolin type, size up to 8pounds 20 HEAD AND EARS—Head free from to be small with darker lines on theiredges 5 EYES—Full and round, bright but dark 5 FEET—Small, straight and evenly ticked 5 CONDITION—Healthy, clean, firm of flesh 5 100 THE RABBIT INDUSTRY 87 THE CHINCHILLA, ITS SOURCE ANDHEREDITY By 0. E. PoHL. The Chinchilla rabbit was first bred by the Serbians andduring the world war French soldiers occupying this countryimported these most pleasing little animals to their homesin France. On account of the large numbers of foreign sol-diers being there, they at once saw the possibility ofthis breed as a fur rabbit and it spread rapidly all overKurope as well as this country and is known there and hereas the Chinchilla —Courtesy of Outdoor Enterprise Co. CHAMPION CHINCHILLA BUCK—SENSATION ATOMAHA, NEB., 1921 As to ancestry it is not hard to find the forefathers othis breed. Long before our Christian history a silvered rab-bit was bred in India, especially in Siam and Burma, wherealso the white elephants make their home. If we cannotsay that this rabbit made the trip on Noahs ark, it is writtenin the histories by Buddhist priests, dating back to beforeChrist, that animals of that breed existed in that country. 88 OUTDOOR OPPORTUNITIES In the beginning of the sixteenth century (1547) these wereimported to Europe by Portuguese sailors. Also the Frenchabout 1630 brought specimens of this breed home to Francewith them and later the Spanish also. In the eighteenthcentury this rabbit could be found domesticated in all Lat
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