Back in Time Dec. 20: Rabbit Hunt, circa 1900

Back in Time Dec. 20: Rabbit Hunt, circa 1900

At the turn of the 20th century, settlers learned that the rabbit was a creature of both promise and peril. It filled cooking pots and supplied warm pelts, yet it multiplied faster than the land could bear. Every few weeks, new litters appeared, and before long the fields showed the cost; an adult rabbit can produce between three and eight offspring every 32 days. It was said that 15 rabbits could eat as much as a cow, and many farms learned the…