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RABBIT RAISING

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Winner at the San Francisco
Worid’s Fair

Many of Our Belgian Hares are Descendants of this Great Sire
(Stahl Strain) :

A Practical Outline of the Immense Possibilities in Raising
Belgian Hares, New Zealand Reds, American Blues
and Flemish Giant Rabbits, Guinea Pigs and
Other Fur-Bearing Animals |

For Food and Fur Breeders and Exhibition
By EDW. H. STAHL

Price Ten Cents

. Copyrighted 1922 by
OUTDOOR ‘ENTERPRISE CO.
Kansas City, Missouri

THIS BOOK TEACHES
COMMON SENSE RABBIT RAISING -

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AMERICA’S LARGEST RABBITRIES

Are located at Holmes Park, Mo., a suburb of Kansas City,
with buildings and equipment to house five hundred breeding does
and their progeny. This immense Rabbitry is owned and con-
trolled by the Outdoor Enterprise Co., which also controls the out-
put of a Rabbitry at Sibley, Mo., with thirty breeding does, an-
other one at Topeka, Kas., with one hundred breeding does, and
besides this, the company controls fifteen other rabbitries located
in and around Kansas City with from six to twenty-five breeding
does in each. This gives us the output from around seven hundred
breeding does. Besides we are continually buying, importing and
replenishing with the best stock purchasable here and in England.

All stock of the above Rabbitries is under the personal direc-
tion of our Mr. Stahl, who selects the breeding stock. We have
been and are now supplyine customers with stock raised direct
‘from winners at the largest shows. We receive glowing reports
every day from customers who are winning with our stock. ‘

It would give us great pleasure for you to visit our rabbitries.
We would like personally to show you this high class stock, the
many winners, and the stock raised from them. As it is not possible
for all customers to visit us, Mr. Stahl takes a personal interest in
all orders received and personally selects all stock shipped out, be-
ing undoubtedly one of the best qualified men in the country to
know what is best for each customer. He also knows what he has
already shipped to most of our customers, who come back with
repeats, feeling that he knows many of them as well as if he had
met them personally.

Nearly ten years of success in the rabbit business is our ~
record. We can well be proud of,it. We are proud of it. We
know that our thousands of customers have made possible this
successful enterprise. We please them, and they order again pe

again.

THE RABBIT BUSINESS IS A WELL ESTABLISHED |
INDUSTRY

It is well known that the rabbit industry is firmly ostablichnae
‘There are very few if any businesses that have attracted the think- 1
ing man and woman as has the rabbit industry in a commercial. 1
way, and by the word “commercial” we mean that it is a pro
able industry that is worthy of your consideration and ive

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Rabbit raising is past the experimental stage and is numbered

~among the essential industries of our country as well as of other

lands throughout the world. The meat and fur of the rabbit are

in great demand. In fact the demand is far greater than the sup-

ply. Breeding stock that is pedigreed commands good prices.
Stock without pedigrees while not desirable as breeders, is raised
for meat. It does not sell very readily as breeding stock, so when
you order stock, by all means insist that it is pedigreed.

Rabbits multiply fast and if you start with a trio it will be
only a short time until you are able to supply others with stock
and the money invested will come back to you. It is a fact that
no business on earth will pay any one a bigger interest on the
money invested than will rabbits.

PIPETTES SUSAR

A very fine Self-Cleaning Portable Rabbit Hutch with feeding and nesting
compartments and outdoor run with Slat Floor which makes this hutch self-
cleaning. Very cheaply built. A box, some wire and short ends of boards are
all that is needed.

COST TO RAISE IS REMARKABLY LOW

That the cost of raising rabbits is small is vouched for by the
United States Department of Agriculture in the statement that
rabbits can be raised for 6 cents a pound. Reed Storms has raised
and judged rabbits for more than twenty-five years. At a meet-.
ing of the Kansas City Rabbit Club recently he made the state-
ment that*he has raised rabbits up to 24% months old for 14 cents.
He raised Belgian Hares, and as their weight is about 4 pounds at
that age you will note that it costs Mr. Storms 314 cents a pound

to raise his rabbits. Rabbit meat sells readily for 35 to 40 cents

a pound dressed, and even in a commercial way the raising of rab-
bits is very profitable. —1—

The profits will of course be larger if you raise stock to sell
tor breeding. ‘The best way is to breed to sell both to market and
for breeding purposes, selecting only the best for breeders, and
in this way you will become known as selling only the most desir-
able stock as breeders and many wil! be glad to buy from you.

_ EASILY RAISED

Rabbits are easily raised if vou go at it the right way with
the right kind of stock. For one thing, start with good healthy
stock. Give them the care and attention you would other stock
and you will be surprised to see how fast they will grow into
money. Our customers far and wide say that when you start
with STAHL Strain Stock you start right. Remember that is
what many say about our stock and you will say so, too, when you
see the big healthy, robust stock that we will send you.

You are ambitious. Ycu want to make some money, espe-
cially as a side line. Why not try rabbits? Yow cam imagem
start with very little money, so why not give the raising of rab-
bits a trial? You can start small and grow big. We started with
only five rabbits. From this small start we have built the biggest
rabbit business in the country. You may not duplicate this feat.
You can, however, make many a dollar and make it easily and
pleasantly.

WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO SAY ABOUT

RABBITS

Ned Dearborn, former Assistant Biologist of the Bureau of

Biological Survey, in a recent writing has this to say: “In raising

rabbits the saving and earning power is illustrated by the follow-

ing examples of what is actually being done with rabbits.

One man of Kansas City, Kas., raises 300 to 400 pounds of
rabbit meat a year for his own table at a cost of eight to ten cents
a pound. Another resident of the same city who raised pedigreed

and registered stock in his back yard, size 20x24, sold enough rab- |

bits in eighteen months to clear $2,400.00.”

The above are just instances from the experience of hundreds |
of people who are raising rabbits in such manner at a great profit. |
Men, women, boys and girls are doing it in all parts of America |
and Canada, some as a side line, others as a regular business. O! |
course you also want to succeed in something. You want tc |
make extra money. There is nothing so profitable and easily |
handled as the rabbit business. The future is yet to be’developed |

and so you can realize the opportunity there is before you.

In quoting from this government authority above mentioned
we have given you only two instances. There is a bulletin pub- |
lished by the government which contains hundreds of important |

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things about rabbits. IT’S FREE. Do not fail to write for it at
once. Write to the United States Department of Agriculture for
Farmer’s Bulletin No. 1090.

No domestic animal increases so rapidly as the rabbit. A
doe is bred the first time when 8 months old. She raises four lit-
ters a year with six to eight to a litter. sometimes more.

Rabbits are readily sold to hotels, restaurants and to private
families. We have the success of our customers at heart and are
always willing to supply market fer stock raised from our stock.
Many times have we heen oifered stock by breeders who did not
have our stock. Often we are offered stock without pedigrees, for
little or nothing. We don’t buy such stock. Won’t have it in our
hutches. We have only the finest pedigreed and registered stock.
Nothing is too good for us, and nothing is too good for our cus-
tomers.

Rabbits sell for breeding stock for from $3.60 to $25.00 each,
according to breed and quality. Judge for yourself if this is not
one of the most profitable branches of the industry.

COPY RET :

FLEMISH GIANT BUCK—STAHL’S BLACK SAMBO
Winner at Oakland, Cal., and winner of first at Kansas City, November, 1920.
Weight 14% lbs. STUD SERVICE FEE $3.50.

OTHER BLACK FLEMISH BUCKS
Midnight, Stahl’s Black Chief. Good color and size producers. Stud fee $3.00.
ALL DOES 8 MONTHS AND OVER WILL BE BRED TO THESE BUCKS FREE.

$72.00 A YEAR FROM ONE BREEDING DOE
Reverting to the birth rate of the rabbit, one doe will produce

‘at least 24 rabbits a year, and even if you sold them at the low
. price of $3.00 each it figures that one breeding doe will bring
j you $72.00 a year. . Now figure what ten breeding does will bring
, you. You can take care of that number in your spare time. Then
|: tigure what fifty breeding does will bring you. You can take

care of that many if you want to make the breeding of rabbits a
regular business.

The above is really a very conservative estimate. Many and
many times the breeder receives more than $3.00 for a rabbit, so
the income is increased accordingly.

The profits from raising rabbits for breeding purposes is enor-
mous. In this branch of the business you have to keep them
a little longer so the most profitable way is to combine the two
plans of selling the hest for breeders and the others to the market.
and you get fine returns from both directions.

Never make the mistake of starting with poor stock without
pedigrees. To succeed, get the best possible stock, pedigreed or
registered, then you will have something to offer to your pros-
pective customer.

RABBIT MEAT HAS NO EQUAL IN QUALITY ON AN
EQUAL INVESTMENT

When it comes to the matter of meat production there is not
a living animal that can compete with the rabbit. Here are some
clear facts: Eight rabbits and their offspring will produce in one
year 480 rabbits, making 3,080 pounds of meat. Fifty chickens
\ill produce in one year "600 chickens making 2,400 pounds. Two
pigs (sows) will produce in one year 32 pigs weighing in all 2,800
pounds. Six sheep will produce in one year 9 lambs weighing 800
pounds. One cow will produce in one year one calf weighing 300
pounds. .So you see that as a meat producer the rabbit has no
equal. This, mind you, is taking into consideration the meat pro-
duction alone. Consider also that the feeding cost for the rabbits
is much less than that of any of the other stock we have mentioned.
And even this is not all. The rabbit meat contains 85 per cent
digestive nutriment. This is the highest of any known meat.

A DOUBLE ROW OF OUR PORTABLE HUTCHES

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Light Steel Gray Flemish Doe. Weighs 11 Ibs. at 5 months.

FROM WHOM SRALLI BUY?

There are a number of breedders who offer first class stock,
but there are others who offer a great deal, make any sort of a
promise to make a sale, and then give as little as they can. You
can not raise figs from thistles the gcod book says, and you can
not raise good rabbits from scrubs. And no matter from whom
you buy it 1s well to note if the breeder is a member in good stand-
ing of one or more of the associations that are formed for the pro-
motion of the rabbit industry and for the protection of -breeders.
No matter how good one’s bank reference may be, if he is not
in high standing with the other breeders of the country you can
rest assured there is a reason, and that reason may be that the
quality of the stock sold or their methods of dealing have not been
satisfactory.

We sell all Stahl Strain Stock on its merit. It must please
you or it’s no sale. and can be returned to be replaced or the money
refunded.

We have three grades of stock. Bede ed Silver Certificate
and Gold Certificate. The description of each is on our price
list. You will also find the weights there of each different grade
and breed, and no matter where you buy, insist that you know
what the stock weighs according to grade and breed. If the
weights are under those we give “the stock is undersized and not

worthy of your consideration. All our stock is up to standard

in weight and over.
While we grade our stock in three grades, please remember

) that the price is according to quality, and that EVERY STAHL

SliwalwN RABBI IS A GOOD RABBIT.

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BELGIAN HARE BUCK
Stahl’s Fashionson

BLEGIAN HARE STUD BUCKS—STAHL’S FASHIONSON
Winner at Syracuse as a Junior and winner of first at Kansas City, Novem-
ber, over America’s Finest Senior Belgians. For color, length and type this is
the finest buck we have ever owned. STUD SERVICE FEE $2.00.

OTHER BELGIAN HARE STUD BUCKS. ALL BIG WINNERS
Stahl’s Royal Fashoda, Jiggers, Royal Rush, Royal Lad, Shebbear Duke, Stahl’s
‘President Davis, Stahl’s Champion. All good producers. Stud fee $2.00.
ALL DOES 8 MONTHS AND OVER WILL BE BRED TO THESE BUCKS FREE.

THE FOUR LEADING BREEDS
are The Belgian Hare, The New Zealand Red, The Flemish Giant
and The American Blue. All of them are wonderful rabbits for
all around purposes. In fact they are about the only breeds that
are practical from the standpoint of the production of Meat, Fur
and Breeders. All are recognized as Standard Strains by all the
rabbit and small stock organizations.

THE BELGIAN HARE

We mention the Belgian Hare first hecause it’s the oldest |

breed and often called the old reliable, and it is a reliable breed in
every sense of the word.

The true Rufus Red Belgian Hare is of a reddish brown color |
and weighs at maturity 7 to 8 pounds, and some of the heavier type |

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will weigh around 9 pounds when matured. The Standard is 8
pounds, but stock of the show room type seldom weighs over 7
pounds. This is because this variety of the rabbit is the “race
horse” of the rabbit family and the best show specimens are racy
and therefore not heavy although in the breeding pens they average
8 pounds.

The Rufus Red Belgian Hare is very hardy and very prolific.
The better specimens have four red feet and a creamy belly. The
true Rufus Red Belgian Hare will breed true to color and mark-
ings and produce youngsters the same shade as themselves. In
good stock of this breed, like breeds like, unlike some whose ances-
tors are doubtful and who are likely to throw gray colored stock.

We guarantee our stock to be pure bred and of the best strains
that can be produced. This is the breed we started with and Mr.
Stahl has had extensive experience breeding them, has judged them
and is well qualified to select you some that will not only be real
producers but will do weli in anv show room.

The Belgian Hare yields a fine grained white meat that is

highly nutritious and very nourishing, and every one who has tried

this meat will want more. Rabbit meat can be cooked in a hundred
different ways, is cheaper than any other meat, and we have already
told you about the high authorities who vouch for its being the

' most nourishing of all meats.

We have a good number on hand and can fill orders promptly
Mtaiiest@ck except bred does. These require a little longer! to
properly breed and test.

The Belgian has many gcod boosters. Many breeders have
bred nothing else for years. They are also being boosted by the
Ainerican Belgian Hare Club and by the Belgian Hare Federation
of America.

THE NEW ZEALAND RED RABBIT
The New Zealand Red is a little larger than the Belgian. They

are very hardy and fully as prolific as the Beigian Hare although

not quite so well known. One of the handsomest of the rabbit

, family, combining beauty with usefulness.

The weight at maturity is 8 to 10 pounds, and at times the does

’ go larger than that. The better specimens have rich dark orange

red color more lustrous than yellow, yet not so gaudy as red. The

- New Zealand breeds true to color.

These rabbits are quiet by nature, hence take on flesh very

rapidly. They make fine venison which is readily marketable at

good prices, which will pay you well for vour time and trouble
This rabbit is really one of the late breeds but in its few

» years of existence has made wonderful strides because it has many

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friends, and in many large shows throughout the country more
New Zealand Reds are shown than any other variety. It’s purely
an American breed and did not originate in New Zealand as some
breeders make believe. It’s really the only rabbit of the leading
breeds purely American.

The fur of the New Zealand is rapidly coming in demand
because of its color being similar to Red Fox. |

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NEW ZEALAND RED BUCK—STAHL’S OTAGO RED PRINCE
Winner at Buffalo, N. Y., and first at Kansas City, and Cup at Kansas City,
Kan. STUD SERVICE FEE $2.50.

OTHER NEW ZEALAND BUCKS AT STUD. ALL BIG WINNERS
Otago Red Prince, Red Cloud, Prather Boy, Red Ace, Jr., Champion Apache,
Stahl’s Red Conqueror, Cromo. All good producers. Stud fee $2.50.

ALL DOES 8 MONTHS AND OVER WILL BE BRED TO THESE BUCKS FREE.

One of the main reasons for the popularity of this rabbit is
the fact that the organization known as the American Federation
of New Zealand Breeders are everlastingly boosting for them.
Once a New Zealand breeder, always a New Zealand breeder.

We have on hand at all times a good number of these rab-

bits and can fill orders promptly for all stock except bred does,

which require a little time to breed and test properly.

Our stock is as good as can he produced. We have raised |
the winners of many of the big shows. Some of these rabbits |
which were winners were shown by us, and some by our customers. |
We are always on the lookout for exceptionally good specimens, |
and we are always willing to pay a good price. Do not give hutch |
room to an inferior rabbit of any breed. It does not cost any more |
to raise the best and our stock is as good as can be had anywhere |
and prices reasonable when the high grade of the stock is consid- |

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THE FLEMISH GIANT

Just as the name implies, this breed is noted for its weight
and large size and for its imposing appearance. The average
weight is 12 pounds, although many reach 14 to 16 pounds at
maturity and even more. The fewer young in the litter, the big-
ger they will grow.

In buying Giants it 1s more necessary than in buying other
breeds to be sure to ask the seller the weight of the stock. We
are sorry to say that some firms ship out stock that they call
Giants that do not weigh as much as a Belgian Hare should. Jn
fact we have seen some of the stock supposed to be breeders weigh
Jess than 6 pounds. You can’t be too careful. The buying of
stock is the most important item when starting in the rabbit busi-
ness. You can make money on good stock and you can throw it
away on poor stock.

ine Pilemish Giant) is Misht Gray, Dark)Gray, Steel Gray,
Medium Gray, Sandy Gray and Black. Then there are the White
and Blue Flemish also but these colors are rather rare and not
extensively bred. We have them at times.

The Flemish Giant will not breed true to color. Parents of one
color often produce young of the other colors. The light grays
are usually the largest. Many times, however, weight and size
are Sacrificed for the darker Steel Gray color.

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EFLEMISH GIANT BUCK—STAHL’S MAJOR GRAY

Winner of first at Kansas City, 1920. Wonderful length, weight 16 lbs. at
10 months; large frame and bone and good color. STUD SERVICE FEE $3.00.

Major Gray, sire of the above buck, winner of first at Buffalo, N. Y., sec-
ond at Kansas City; weight 14% lbs. STUD SERVICE FEE $3.00.

Other Flemish Giant Bucks: His Majesty, Big Boy, Stahl’s Big Ben, Kan-

sas Jack, Big Bob and others.
ALL DOES 8 MONTHS AND OVER WILL BE BRED TO THESE BUCKS
FREE OF CHARGE.

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The Flemish being very large is a large eater, but the food
it consumes is coarser and cheaper and so it really costs very little
more to feed them.

We have Giants that are really Giants and are from the best
strains in the country. Many of our rabbits are from direct
descendants of imported German stock. Our price for the class
we put out is rather low. We give the correct weights on the
price list. You know just what to expect and while we can fill
orders promptly for stock up to the age of 6 months, it requires a
little time to fill orders for breeders. The demand for good speci-
mens is so great that we at times require three weeks to fill orders
for bred and tested does.

The Flemish Giant has been made very popular by the organi-
zation known as the American Federation of Flemish Giant Breed-
ers. Large shows are held every month in the year. These shows
bring out the real Giants, and while we read at times about 18 and
20 pound rabbits, it’s generally a different story when they are put
on the scales. Mr. Stahl has judged them and says, “I prefer the
16-pound Giant in good condition over the 20-pound one that is
hog.fat and many times ruined as a breeder.”

THE AMERICAN BLUE RABBIT

This rabbit is comparatively a new breed, said to have origin-
ated in California, but claimed by some to be an offspring from the
Eurepean rabbit called Blue Vienna. This may be as it may, the
main point is that it’s really a wonderful rabbit. Its color is best
described as dark slate blue resembling the Blue Fox.

American Blues are very prolific, many does producing litters
of fifteen. In size they are the same as the New Zealand, but
being a recent breed they do not wholly breed true to the dark blue
color. Many specimens do, however, and the breeders of this
wonderful rabbit, by selecting always the darkest and best colors
will soon have them to breed all true blue. In fact we are now
producing them that way. This rabbit is quiet by nature ana
immediately makes friends and becomes a favorite as soon as seen.
Many breeders of other breeds who visit our farm leave an order
for the American Blue.

This stock is as yet comparatively rare. This means that
prices are high but to the man who gets good stock now we want
to say that you will reap a profitable harvest because as this rabbit
becomes popular the demand will grow and those who have good
stock to offer will get good prices for them.

In breeding the American Blue vou should try to get them as

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near to true type as possible. In getting them too large they will

look more like the Blue Flemish Giant. Their ears should not be

overly large.

. We have on hand at all times very nice specimens. ‘These
you will find listed under the Silver and Gold Certificate Stock.

These are the correct color, weight, type, etc.

Those listed under Pedigreed Stock are those out of good blue
stock but off color. We offer them reasonable in price to those
who want to start with this breed but still do not care to pay the
high price asked for the more perfect stock. These rabbits will
throw 50 per cent or more of the dark blues and it will be only a
short time, even in starting, that you will have from this grade
some very good specimens.

! Our stock originated from the best produced in California,
and are as good as can be had anywhere.

Ii you are interested in this unique and particular breed we
will be delighted to serve you in our Always Satisfactory Way.

This house contains 48 Breeding Does. All registered and the best in the land.
All our breeders are registered.

YOU CAN RAISE RABBITS ANYWHERE

The four breeds of rabbits that we have mentioned can be
raised anywhere. Hot or cold climate won't affect them. Winter
or summer, it makes no difference, they will breed the year round.

They are easily raised in the city as well as in small towns
and in the country. In fact we would like to see the day that
the rabbit will be raised in every home for meat and fur purposes
especially. It is just as important to raise domesticated rabbits
for the table as it is for the farmer and stockman to raise cattle
and hogs for meat purposes. Why pay out money to some one

else to eat his meat when you can raise the most desirable known —
meat for your own table for a few cents a pound?

Then while we are now doing your share, supplying the many
with breeding stock, vou by starting now, can get in on a share of
it and it means real profits and money in your pockets.

DESCRIPTION OF OUR STOCK
We grade our stock very carefully and have them known as
Pedigreed, Silver Certificate and Gold Certificate Stock. The
difference is explained in the following paragraphs, under the
headings of the different grades.

STAHL’S PEDIGREED STOCK

Stahl’s Pedigreed stock are known by the letter P tattooed in
the left ear. This grade is selected from the same strains, and in
many cases from the same litters as our better grade. These are
what we call third grade of really good stock. They will show
up well with most pedigreed stock sold today. We select closely,
and only experts at times can tell these rabbits from the better
grades.

Now this stock wi!l in many cases produce stock as good as
can be obtained from our better grades. Do not think because we
offer them cheap that they are cheap rabbits. They are good rab-
bits, the same as any Stahl Strain rabbit is a good rabbit, and are
sold at a low price and placed in this grade because they may be
slightly under weight, may carry their tails to one side, be slightly
off color or slightly out of condition, but in no case are they so
much so that it is noticeable to any except those who know rab-
bits. Under no condition will we ship stock with lop ears, white
spots or out of condition.

We recommend this grade for those who want to raise for
commercial purposes and for those who want to build up a good
strain. This stock, with the best strains in the country back of
it, will do this for you. You can see further description of this
erade of stock, note their weights according to age in our price
list. You will note that their weights compare favorably with
the weight of any stock that you may he offered.

For a cheap rabbit and a good rabbit these can’t be beat. A
pedigree showing three generations of ancestors is supplied free
with each rabbit.

STAHL’S “SILVER CERTIFICATE” STOCK

This stock is from the same breeding as our Gold Certificate
Stock, being raised from practically the same stock. They are
known by the letter S tattooed in the left ear. By very careful

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judging we figure this grade to be a little !ess desirable than the
Gold Grade, but so near like them are they that a novice really
cannot tell the difference. This stock you will note by their
weights on the price list is about even with the standards set by
the American Rabbit Breeders’ Associations.

It is free from all disqualifications and can he registered if
you soe desire, by paying the registration fee and for the trouble
of registration and of getting the certificate This amounts to
$2.00 for each rabhit.

This Silver stock is selected in this way: We take a litter
that would perhaps all look alike to you but to an expert rabbit
man judging them there will doubtless be one in the lot which
will be better. This he will pick out for the Gold Grade, and the
others will be rated as Silver Certificate Stock. And they are the
same strain of rabbits, in fact full brothers and sisters to the one
select rabbit.

BELGIAN HARE BUCK
Heavyweight type, “MEANS BUSINESS.”..Color and size producer.

We recommend this stock for those who want to produce
something good to sell as breeders, and for show purposes. We
sell more of this grade than of the two other grades put together
because it’s stock that is very high in class and thus very popular.
Get some of this grade and you can well be proud of possessing a
real rabbit.

A Three Generation Silver Bordered Pedigree is supplied
with each rabbit. We also supply the registration certificate if

you order this stock. registered.

STAHL’S “GOLD CERTIFICATE’ STOCK

The Gold Certificate Stock are known by the letter G being
tattooed in the left ear and by the registration number in the right
ear, and is the stock for the person who wants nothing but the
very best, and as explained under the paragraph on Silver Certifi-
cate stock, is the one selected best of a litter. When you get this
stock you are safe in saying that you have the very best—the
elite of the rabbit farnily in its particular breed.

These rabbits are always picked by our Mr. Stahl, who you
are aware knows rabbits, who picks all our winners for the shows,
and who boasts 103 prizes taken with 105 rabbits at American
leading shows in one year.

This Gold Stock is really out of the ordinary, up to all standard
qualifications, and up to and over Standard Weight. Note price
list. Never make the mistake of buying stock unless you know the
weights they are to be. If you don’t do this you may get stock
much under weight.

This stock as well as our other grades is fully guaranteed.
It is fit to go into any show room and give a good account of itself
Our customers who are winning with our stock don’t always buy
this grade, however. Many of them win with the two other
grades which carries out our boast that every Stahl strain rabbit is
a good rabbit.

We supply a four-generation gold bordered pedigree with
every rabbit of this grade, as well as a registration certificate sup-
pled by the National Association. There is no extra cost for this

in this grade, as all stock is registered. As far as we now know

this is the Supreme thing, the last word in rabbits.

OF IMPORTANCE TO REMEMBER

From the above description you will observe that we know
what we are talking about. ‘That we know a good rabbit when
we see one and that we give you big value in any grade that
you may choose.

When you buy from us you get a rabbit that is a rabbit, a 100
per cent rabbit of that partic ular breed with satisfaction guaran-
teed or mony refunded.

PRICES CF STOCK

Compare our prices with those of others who offer you stock.
Be sure that you compare them in weight and quality for their
age, and when you have done this and are convinced that our prices
are fair and reasonable, then we want you to order from us.

Beware of cheap stock. Good stock need not be sold cheap.
Do not buy stock without a pedigree at any price.

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FUR IN DEMAND
We handle the four leading breeds of rabbits the fur of which
is in demand at all times. These skins are being used for imita-
tions of the more expensive furs. You will read more about this
later in this book.

AN IDEAL SMALL RABBITRY
We have several of these housing stud bucks.

MR. STAHL SAYS:
I Have Made a Success in the Rabbit Business and So Can
You if You Follow the Tried and True Methods I have.

SOMF PERSONAL DETAILS

Of course you would like to know with whom you are dealing,
so I am sure you will agree that it is opportune for me to give
‘vou a little of my personal history leading up to the success !
have had in the rabbit business. I used to be a chap who tried
everything, so of course when I saw rabbits advertised some years
ago I had to answer the ad as I had answered hundreds of others.
Being ambitious, I was looking for the right opportunity to pre-
sent itself, and it was only a short time until I knew that rabbits
were the real opportunity that I had been looking for.

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After raising rabbits a few months, ! began to see that | had
stumbled into a good thing. The main thing that impressed me
was the fact that these rabbits multiplied very fast and that there
was a big profit in raising them. Another fact presented itself and
it was that the better the stock the better the demand and the
price. By placing a few small advertisements | sold a lot of stock.
I increased my advertising and business increased by leaps and
bounds until now I have at Holmes Park, Mco., one of the largest
and best rabbitries in America, housing stock that is second to
none. And while I do not attempt to compete with any one in
price, none compete with us in quality.

When I first started I got hold Of all the books on the sub-
ject possible. Then there were ve1y few that were good. Some
were old and worn out but many were rich with knowledge, and
from this teaching, and froin the experience gained in actually
raising rabbits by the thousands. | have now compiled several
books of which tens of thousands have been sold, teaching others
the ins and outs of the rabbit industry and helping them succeed
In the raising of rabbits nothing is more important than a good
book that teaches the main principles.

Nothing but the best stock available no matter what the price,
wos what I went after. 1 experimented to improve and ‘createra
_ strain that would make a name fer itself and finally perfected what
is known as the Stahl Strain of rabbit, which you see so often
advertised and winning for customers in nearly all shows held in
this country as well as in Canada.

I help my customers to succeed.. I give you the benefit of
ny experience and take delight in taking a personal interest in you.
I select your stock and advise you on anything you may ask about.
My methods helped me to succeed and they will help you to suc-
cess also.

It is all wrong to think that you must invest a lot of money
to start in the rabbit business. This is not the case. I! started
with five and built up the largest rabbit business in the world,
and no matter how small von start, you can grow just as big as you
like.

Not only have J built up the largest rabbit business in Amer-
ica, but I have also started and still publish the largest rabbit and
sinall stock magazine in this country, known as Outdoor Enter-
prizes. From the very start I had seen that a magazine of this
nature would do great good for the rabbit industry, and it has.
It has created a vast lot of publicity and is one of the big factors
in creating a tremendous demand for rabbits. If vou have never
seen a copy of this publication we will gladly send it to you
Twelve big issues a year will cost you only 50 cents.

I STARTED “OUTDOOR ENTERPRISES”

This very instructive magazine was started by me to help rab-
bit breeders make more money and raise better rabbits. Wher
it was first started it astounded everv one with its high grade
appearance and the remarkable grade of its contents. This stand-
ard has been maintained for more than six years, and it is consid-
ered by many who know as the finest and most instructive medium
of its kind published. It’s a leader in its field and a winner in :ts
class. It’s the rabbit breeder's friend and standby.

THE BUY BACK PLAN

The so-called Buy Back plan was started by me years ago. It
was and is still a good thing for the rabbit industry. And while
the Buy Back offer is all right if carried out in a reasonable way,
it has been much abused. Unscrupulous people have promoted
it and in many cases offered so much for stock raised that it was
impossible for them to pay it. Their main object seemed to be
to seil stock, and they did not let the fact that they had promised
to buy back what the customer raised worry them. Consequently
most of them are now out of business, which is a mighty good |
thing for the rabbit industry. A Buy Back offer that can be car-

A PARTIAL VIEW OF OUR RABBITRIES

ried out in a reasonable way is valuable both to the buyer and the
seller.

We want at this time a number of breeders to help us supply
our great demand for stock. We are therefore making you a very
attractive proposition, one that we can live up to. We supply you
standard bred pedigreed or registered stock, the only kind of stock

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that any one should start with, and we hope that you may take ad-
vantage of our offer in the near future.

Those who know me best know that I make no promises that
I can not fulfill. What I tell you 1 will do, 1 do” ©ne wees,
mottoes is a square deal all around. That is why I am in busi-
ness today and will be in business for years to come. I want to
see every one of my customers succeed, and I want to advise and
help them all I can. J want to sell you stock. Read the Market
Agreement. This is a reasonable agreement. It gives you a mar-
ket for the stock that you raise. A profitable market. And while
we do not offer you hig prices, we offer you all possible and as
much as any one can safely offer you. This is only one of the
ways I help you.

HOW I CAN HELP YOU

I help you by selling you the finest rabbits that can be had
anywhere, of the finest pedigreed and registered strains of stock
that is of the same blood as those that have won for us time and
again in the strongest competition.

I help you by supplying you with books and instructions and
personal advice on any problem that you may ask me about. My
services are at your beck and call at all times.

I help you by shipping vou stock that will mean success. Our
company are breeders and raisers of stock and do not do a broker-
age business, buying up culls and selling them to you without ped-
igrees, or without a sight of their ancestors. Many of these rab-
bit brokers in many cases do not see or handle the stock they
offer customers.

There is only one right way to start and that is with good
pedigreed or registered stock.

The rabbit business is a real business that pays real profits.
The more time you give to !t the more stock you can raise and the
more money you can make.

“PROVE ALL THINGS. HOLD FAST 1.0 TEA Vinee
IS GOOD.” WHEN YOU PROVE THE RABBIY BUSINiS-
YOULL SURE STICK TOUT. THE BUSINESS Isa eter
NER—FOR YOU AS WELL AS FOR OTHERS. START NOW.

Successfully yours,
EDW) Ho SavAdier

THE BREEDING AND CARE OF RABBITS

A Few Suggestions and Plenary Instructions

START RIGHT

Starting right spells success. What is meant by starting
right is to first get good stock. Thoroughbred Pedigreed stock.
- Breed and raise them right and they witl grow into money.

The buying of stock is the first actual move, and a move in
the right direction is always best. So it will be well to know
from whom you are buying and the grade of stock raised and
under what conditions it is raised. Convince yourself as to the
reliability of the breeder of whom you buy, then tell him just
what you want and you wiil get it. We have explained to you
how we grade our stock into Pedigreed, Silver Certificate and
Gold Certificate stock, charging according to grading fairly, and
you get just what you pay for.

THE RIGHT TIME TO START

There is no good season or poor season to start in the rabbit
business. Rabbits breed the year round and you can start any
time that you may wish. If you buy stock 8 months old or older
you can breed them or have them bred by the seller and in one
month your increase will start. When you buy stock younger
than 8 months you can not breed them until they are 8 months
and in this way your start will be slower.

PRICES TO PAY

Some rabbits are high at any price. Rabbits without pedi-
grees are worth just what they will bring for meat and fur and no
more. There is no demand for them as breeders. The big demand
is for pedigreed stock, therefore it would be unwise to start with
stock without pedigrees although they may be cheap. Quality
and price go hand in hand with all live stock, and rabbits are no
exception.

When you are ready to buy stock you should feel convinced
that the price is right. 5th Stahi strain stock you are assured
orethe right kind of deal. Hie knows the value of a rabbit ata
glance and will give you big value for the money that you pay.
A fair price is all that you are asked to pay for a quality animal.

WHERE TO RAISE

Whether you are a resident of city, small town or farm you
can raise rabbits. You can raise them on a small or on a large
scale. You must decide that. You will succeed if you follow the
proper teachings, no matter where you are located. The cost of
housing is very small. Well constructed hutches can be built
from good sized dry goods boxes, so you can note that the rabbit

business offers unlimited opportunity with very little investment
besides the cost of the stock itsetf. iA back yard, a loft, an attic,
a dry cellar, any outbuilding can be quickly and easily prepared to
start operations.

TIME REQUIRED FOR CARE

The little time required to care for stock even in the very best
way will hardly be missed from ycur other occupation, so you need
not fear that the raising of rabbits will take too much of your time
so that you will not consider starting in the business. Let me
assure you that you will get both pleasure and profit from this
enterprise.

HOW MANY TO START WITH

Presuming that you wish to start in a small way, start with a
trio or with three does and one buck. Or perhaps with two trios
each from a different strain. Buy breeders, if possible. and have
the does bred to a prize winning buck, if possible, before shipping
We can breed any does that you may purchase from us to such
bucks, and will not charge you a cent for this service. Note the
names of our studs, and “when you order does tell us what bucks
you would like to have them bred to, or jeave it up to us and we
wiil do the rest.

By buying two or more breeding does, and having them bred
before shipping you will have a good start as in this way, about
two or three weeks after you receive the stock the young will
arrive, and you will have a very nice start. Many buy only one
bred doe rather than a pair of younger ones sc as to go to raising
them in a shorter time.
| FEEDING

This is a simple matter. A rabbit will eat anything that a
sheep or cow will eat. Alfalfa or clover hay, oats, corn, wheat.
bran, shorts, barley, cabbage, lettuce, turnips, carrots, beets, etc.
Then they relish dandelion, wild lettuce, radish and carrot tops,
milkweed, plantain leaves, celery tops and lots of other stuff that
can be gotten for the gathering at little or no cost. You can thus
see how inexpensive it really is to raise rabbits, and how easy it
will be for you to start in a business that ts owned and controlled
by yourself.

BREEDING

Thirty days after the doe ts bred she will present you with a
litter of youngsters which will be one of the most surprising
“Bits of Life’ that you have ever witnessed. There will be from
five to thirteen little fellows and there is a point to note. If you
want to raise really good stock this is the point: Do not let the

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mother doe raise more than six or eight at the outside. Unless
you have a nurse doe provided, it is well to destroy all over six to
eight. By doing this, those you will raise will more than make
up for the ones you might have to kill.

Never breed a doe under 8 months old. Some may be willing
to seli you stock under that age and advocate breeding under that
age. his is because they care very little whether you raise good
stock or not. A rabbit is not fully developed until 8 months old
and to breed her younger would be a great mistake.

When you wish to breed a doe, always take her to the buck’s
hutch. If she is willing she will accept service at once. If she
is not desirous of accepting she will go into a corner and more

than likely make a whining noise. In this case remove her and
try her again the next day, and so on until she accepts service.
Seldom do they go more than from three to five days without
breeding, and mostly always you will succeed the first day.

Do not make the mistake so many do turning does and bucks
together. Does may be kept together until bred, but then they
should be put in a pen by themselves where they are to raise their
family. )

Six weeks after the young are born they are ready to be
weaned and the doe may be bred again. In fact you can breed
a doe five times a year. Put four litters a year is nght. You
want to raise good stock and that is why we instruct you that way
in the books that we supply when you order your stock.

CARING FOR THE YOUNG

If it were possible for ail of our customers to visit our farm
and rabbitries, and see how we manage from the actual breeding
of the does to the birth of the young and through their growth to
maturity, you would certainly all of you learn something to your
advantage. As you can not all do this we do the next best thing
by writing the instructions in brief first, so you will be able to
form an idea as to the stccessful breeding of rabbits, and we fin-
ish your education later with our larger books.

| AVOID INBREEDING

Some breeders, and especially beginners, go ahead in a hap-
Mazard way o1 breeding. hey breed brother to sister, father
to daughter, etc. This is wrong and should nct be practiced as
it tends to lower the vitality of the stock. So always get stock
that is unrelated. We can supply this kind of stock. No matter
if you ordered as many as ten rabbits we could give you each
one of a separate strain. In filling our orders we always ship pairs
or trios or more if you order them, of different strains so that
there is no chance for inbreeding. ?

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After rabbits reach the age of three months, the young bucks
should be separated from the does. After the bucks are four
months old they should be separated from each other, but. the
does of this age may be housed together until bred. Our books
teach you how to raise your stock successfully. This is the only
way. “I can always write clearly about our experiences,” says
Mr. Stahl, ‘‘and that is why I have written several books on the
breeding and care of rabbits to give you the benefit of my.own
experience in my own words, to make easier your success and
to assist you in raising the kind of stock you will be proud to
possess.” Mr. Stahl fills all our orders and he will tell you

THERE IS A BIG DEMAND FCR GOOD STOCK

Let him talk. “I’ve had the experience in the rabbit business
to know that the demand for good stock is greater than the sup-
ply. Hundreds of people throughout the country are in the mar-
ket for good breeding stock. They want that which is really good
and do not want poor stock at any price. They realize that this
is a business proposition pure and simple. They know that good
stock can be as easily cared for as poor stock, and cost no more
to house and feed, so why take chances? ‘The best is cheapest
in the end every time. There is no getting away from it.”

There are three mighty good ways to dispose of your stock and
we will tell them to you in our large folder, “CASHING IN ON
HARES.” This we give without cost to all customers.

The rabbit business is still in its infancy and those who start
now will reap the large rewards that the beginners and pioneers
always reap, being in on the ground floor. The rabbit business is
a solid one. The fact that you are reading this book is evident
that you are interested and we know that sooner or later you are
going to give the rabbit a trial and a chance to make good for
you as it has done for us and for thousands of others.

OUR ADVICE AND SERVICE AT YOUR DISPOSAL

Realizing that our customers at soine time or another have
certain features of their business on which they desire particular
advice, maybe in starting a business of their own selling rabbits
by mail or in some other way, we can help you here by having
our expert prepare printed matter that will bring you sales.

If, now, or at any time you need advice along that line you
can have it for the asking. Ask us about any little detail of your
problems, no matter what kind of a venture you are about to
launch, FHIS SERVICE IS ABSOLUTELY FREE TO ar
To the wide awake, energetic person the rabbit business offers
A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY to make money. Why not
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THE VALUE OF THE PEDIGREE

The chief value of having the ancestry of your rabbits for
three or four generations made out in neat form is to show and
prove their origin, and where you have a number of rabbits and
all pedigrees it forms a valuable record and history of the wisdom
of mating certain rabbits. For instance, the weight and color
are sometimes given and there are thus secrets between the lines
for hin who knows his pedigrees and his rabbits, which is one of
the most interesting things about raising rabbits, or any stock.

Do not think for one moment that most of our customers do
not realize this value. We sure have one busy time getting all
the pedigrees out fast enough to them, and while a pedigree made
out with names of animals that are not well known has a certain
value, pedigrees showing the names of such well known winners as
Stahl’s Champion, Jiggers, Major Gray, Otago, Red Prince, Major
Domo, Red Fox, Gilmore’s Wonder, Over the Top, Panama Girl,
Noble Hunter and many other big winners are of great value, and
the ancestors of our stock are just such as we above mention.

FILLING ORDERS

As we have told you elsewhere, Mr. Stahl fills your orders.
He says: “Not a single rabbit is shipped unless personally
imiepected. by ime. Nothing but full weight and honest value
passes this inspection.”

We fill cash orders in rotation as received and can ship
promptly in nearly ever case. If we can not we will write and
tell you why. Better a little delay than inferior stock. Remem-
ber we do not sell merchandise which can be turned out as from
a factory. :

We supply a roomy crate, light and large enough. We put
in feed enough for the trip and there can be no reason why the
rabbit should not reach you in good condition no matter where
you live. We have shipped stack to every state, to Mexico, Cuba,
New Foundland, Hawaii and Canada in “perfect safety.

However, should your stock not arrive safely have youn
express or freight agent make a note of this condition on your
receipt and send this to us and we will replace dead or emia
animals without charge.

We are known the country over to rabbit men as rabbit men.
This assures you that you will get your money’s worth, value
running over and pressed down, and last but not least, it is a sure
hit selling point to have “Stahl Strain Stock.”

ER CSM

PROFITABLE GUINEA PIGS
Part II

Instructions How to Successfully and Profitably Raise
Guinea Pigs

To the man or woman, boy or girl who wishes to engage in
a business that will turn the back yard, the cellar, a shed or an
empty room into a permanent business with a very small invest-
ment of time or money, there are very few animals more econom-
ically raised than Guinea Pigs. Not only do these little animals
preed in great numbers but the cost of preduction is very small.
Especially is this true in summer when a good number of them
can be raised on all kinds of green foods that grow abundantly
everywhere, such as dandelion, plantain, wild lettuce, clover, car-
rots, lawn clippings, etc.

The demand for Guinea Pigs is always big. They are easily
sold to hospitals, doctors, laboratories, pet stock stores and pet
stock dealers. (We supply names of these dealers to our custom-
ers.) Generally the lower grades are sold for experimental pur-
poses to the institutions we mention. The better specimens com-
mand a better price for breeding purposes. It’s a fascinating busi-
ness that is not overworked. A business for you that will please
you and make money for you.

THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU

No matter what your profession may be you will find your life more
complete and broader if you busy yourself and rest your mind in the care
of these clean little animals. Many thoughtful parents give their children
the chance to take care of Guinea Pigs. It interests them and it is prof-
itable to them. It educates them by giving them the opportunity to study
the habits and ckaracter of these useful little animals. Also early business
training can be gained this way.

SELECTING STOCK

In raising any kind of stock it’s essential that good judgment be used
in selecting breeders. Poor Guinea Pigs do not pay any more than will
poor cows or hogs or other live stock. You get the best obtainable when
you get some of our stock, and while we do not sell show room animals at
the prices quoted, it is a fact that many of our customers show our pigs and
win with them in the strongest competition, while our “own show winnings
are recorded at Kansas City, Colorado Springs, St. Louis, Chicago and in
other cities where large shows are held. This is the grade of stock that
will give a good account of itself in your breeding pens and in the show
room.

We have sold Guinea Pigs and Rabbits for more than eight years. We
have thousands of pleased customers all over America, so why take chances
with some unreliable concern? We have succeeded, and our stock will help
you to succeed. There is a market for all the stock you can raise. We
show you this market by sending you a list of names of those who buy
Guinea Pigs the year round, and in many cases our customers can ship

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to us, as we are always glad to buy stock raised from our stock, and
would be pleased to have customers give us the first ehanice:

HOUSING GUINEA PIGS

No expensive buildings are necessary to raise Guinea Pigs. Small boxes
are all that are required, and a very fine pen can be made by laying a box
on its side and hanging a door on the opening: A ‘box with six square
feet of floor space will house six females and one male, which makes a very
good start. As your herd increases, other similar pens can be built. All
hutches should be uniform so they can be stacked one on top of the other
in your shed, cellar, attic, barn or other place you may have. One of our
customers raised hundreds of Guinea Pigs under his porch.

Guinea Pigs do not bite or scratch and are easily handled. During
warm weather they can be put out on the grass in wire pens and they will
require no other care. Of course they should not be allowed to get wet,
so it’s better to put them into some kind of shelter during the night.

Taking it one and all, the Guinea Pig is the animal for those who can
not raise any other kind of stock. It may be that you live in a city where
your space is very limited. Here you can raise Guinea Pigs as well as
in the country where there is more space. In fact you can raise these little
animals any place where you can put a box three feet square.

Think this over, the hours and days pass. Opportunity knocks. Will
you admit her or will you let her knock but once and return no more?
It’s up to you to make a little spare room make you a continuous profit.

FEEDING GUINEA PIGS

There are very few things that a Guinea Pig will not eat in the vege-
tarian line. They will eat anything green as we have explained. They
also like grain as oats, barley, wheat, corn, also alfalfa, clover or prairie
hay is good for bedding, and they will also eat it. As they clean it up
more should be put in their hutch. Also a water crock with water should
be before them at all times. A salt health spool should be in each pen
also. It promotes health.

It’s not necessary that you feed Guinea Pigs grain. Many are raised
ou nothing but lawn clippings, so you can easily see that from early spring
to late fall the cost of raising Guinea Pigs is practically nothing, and the
money you receive for them is all clear profit. It’s more profitable to raise
these animals than squabs or chickens.

BREEDING GUINEA PIGS

Guinea Pigs are bred when very young, and are very profitable, one
1emale raising 12 to 20 a year. The period of gestation is 65 to 70. days.
Three to five to a litter is the general average. They have their eyes open
when born and at once scamper about the pen and are very active, grow
fast, and are ready to breed when about three months old. One male can be
kept to a pen of eight females, but it is better to have one male and five
females in a pen. Leave them together until the females show that they
are with young, then remove the male and allow the females to remain in
the pen together until they raise their families. We supply a book to each
customer that takes up the breeding question in all its branches, and which
contains other information about the raising and care of Guinea Pigs.

PROFITS IN GUINEA PIGS
Guinea Pigs sold to laboratories bring from 50 cents for the smaller
ones up to $1.35 and more for the large ones. A female raising 12 to 20
a year means that each female you have will bring you from $8.00 to $13.50
a year for the young she will produce, and when you figure that it costs
practically nothing to raise them you can see nothing but a large profit on
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your investment. Now let us go a little further and say that you have 10
temales, they would bring you from $80 to $130.00 a year. A hundred
remales would bring you $800.00 to $1,300.00 a year. And remember we are
figuring the price that laboratories will pay for them. On the other hand,
suppose you sell them to others as breeders, which is easily done at bigger
prices, and your income would be greatly increased

START NOW

As Guinea Pigs are in such great demand, millions being used for
experimental purposes, we would urge that you start as soon as possible.
Pick up a copy of Outdoor Enterprises or any other Pet Stock publication
and you will see advertisements of CAVIES WANTED, or GUINEA
PIGS WANTED. Cavies and Guinea Pigs are the same thing. Does not
this indicate that there is a great demand for this animal? It’s true that
you do not see so many of them advertised for sale. What is the reason?
There are many breeders who are content supplying those firms who are.
advertising for them, and so do not have to advertise them for sale.

LET US HELP YOU TO SUCCEED

We have helped many on the road to success in the Guinea Pig busi-
ness. We want to help you to succeed. We want you to consider the
stock we have to offer, feeling sure that it’s the kind of stock that will
mean success to you. Raise Guinea Pigs by themselves, or in connection
with rabbits, and you will find both exceedingly profitable. If you have
passed up other live stock enterprises on account of the expense of start-
ing the business, you need not pass up Guinea Pigs, as the cost to start is
very small indeed.

A MARKET FOR YOUR STOCK

Here we can greatly help you. When you have stock to sell write to
us. We will at once reply and tell you whether we can use your stock, and
send you a list of 100 Hospitals. Laboratories, Doctors, Pet Stock Stores,
and other concerns who want to buy Guinea Pigs. This list is brought up
to date from time to time. One is sent you with your pigs. Another is sent
you when you have pigs to sell.

TESTIMONIALS :

We have hundreds of testimonials from all parts of the country from
customers who have raised cavies from our stock for years. These have been
printed on a circular and will be mailed to any one on request.

FREE BOOK
THE RAISING AND CARE OF GUINEA PIGS

Build a Profitable Guinea Pig Business

THIS BOOK—THE RAISING AND CARE OF GUINEA PIGS—
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You know A. C. Smith. If you do not we assure you that he is known
as an expert to many. His book is complete in itself. The whole subject
of the Guinea Pig Business being treated in a simple, direct and easily
understood manner.

With this little book to guide you and to refer to, read first in a gen-
eral way and then many times again when you have advanced from theory
to practice, and some particular point comes up on which you want the au-
thority of a man who knows every side of the business and who has been

successful in a large way. ae

YOU WILL FIND IN THIS BOOK

Something about the Origin of the Guinea Pig or Cavy. The Varieties,
the Kind to Raise, the Uses, Food, Feeding, Houses, Hutches or Pens, Heat,
Breeding, Line Breeding, exhibiting, Judging, Colors, Plain and "Fancy
Breeds, Selling, Shipping, Care, Curing of their Ills, General Instructions
and something about Profits and Selection of Stock. A very complete treat-
ment of the subject as you see.

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With each order of Guinea Pigs we will send you a copy of the above
book; if you order the book first we will include a 50-cent coupon which
we will accept as cash on your order later, thus giving you this book free

Ol COSt.
PRICE LIST OF GUINEA PIGS

YOUNG BREEDERS OLD BREEDERS
These are pigs that have never

keen bred but are just starting to These are pigs that have had a lit-

preed. ter and are proven mothers.

Th: TAA GN. Oos UN Ce ATR ate pH NT $ 1.25 BM, CervaensT iy as SP hire aac AOR in cee Ni $ 61.50
Thi SP TOAEE SI CSV ac a eset) is ee on ner Be Dee aE 2.25 A lips ren a ire) Vevie serene cere Mey ene nies imran geese es 3.00
1 male, TE RETNA Oye sek ae 3.50 1 male, T female ie aera 4.50
1 male, Qremadles o.8 s7i8 oe 5.75 1. male 2. female snieee ieee 7.25
1 male, AV REMMAVE'S) 6.5) 5 is oeiene 9.75 1 male, 4A TEMAS SH w stan: 12.50
DIMA E Sh NG ReMalles ys ee aes 14.75 2 males, 6 females ......... 18.75
ZeIMale sum Sy) shenlalesti. 2 5s ee 18.75 2 males, 8 females ......... 24.00
38 males, i2 females .......... AUC otS 3 males, 12 females ......... 33.00
>. males, 20 females .......... OOD 5 males, 20 females ......... 50.00
OMalessr4 by hemiales! eis. ueerole. 90.00 § males, 42 females ......... 100.00

Quotations in larger quantities on request.

RABBITRY AND CAVIARY SUPPLIES

No rabbitry or caviary is complete without labor and feed saving sup-
plies. We list a few of the most important items essential to the health of
your stock and the appearance of your huteches... All cur goods are of the
highest grade and guaranteed to give you satisfaction or money refunded.
We issue a large catalogue of these supplies that we will be glad ‘to send
you providing you have rabbits or ecavies. If you have neither of these kinds
of stock this book would not interest you. Please do not ask us to send it
unless you have stock.

SALT AND HEALTH SPCOLS

Health is wealth. Keep salt in some
g i form always before your stock. Salt is a
Eee = eae necessary part of the food of animals.
Wild animals often obtain it from salt
licks or springs. The animal in captivity
MUST ALSO HAVE SALT if you wish to
paige the stock and keep it in healthy con-
ition.

The best way to feed salt to rabbits,
cavies and other small stock is by the
SALT SPOOI, method. These spools are
made so they can be nailed to the side of
the hutch, and it’s the only salt spool
made that will not be affected by damp
or wet weather. It is pressed very hard
under hydraulic * pressure, which makes
each spoo! last a long time. Guaranteed
to give satisfaction. Your stock must
have salt. Feed it the spool way.

Price $1.00 Dozen, Postpaid.
Salibniep irate

TONIC AND REGULATOR—BIGGER STOCK AT LESS
EXPENSE

This Tonic and Regulator makes Rabbits, Cavies and other smali animals
grow, it builds bone and muscle, aids digestion, increases milk flow on mother
females, therefore producing healthy, wholesome stock, thus increasing your
profits as you will produce bigger and better stock at less expense.

This Tonic and Regulator is made up entirely of bone and tissue-building
and milk-producing properties scientifically and carefully compounded. One
of the best on the market. Package 250 Feeds $1.00, postpaid.

GRAIN AND WATER CROCKS

They save feed and breakage, therefore save
you money. No more wasted grain, no more wet
floors, as these crocKs are made extra heavy. They
will pav for themselves in a short time by the feed
they save. Besides being impossible to upset they
are so made that the grain cannot be scratched
out. They may be used equally well for water.
They improve the appearance of the hutch and the
first cost is the last cost. :

CROCKS ARE SHIPPED BY FREIGHT
Half Dozen §1.75; Dozen $3.25, F. O. B. Here

FEED RACKS

These save half the cost of your hay, and money
saved in feed is money earned. Use this hay rack, and
vour stock will have their hay off the floor where it is
readily accessible to the stock at all times. It insures
clean, bure hay. A regular top notch feed rack, made
entirely of heavy tinner wire, rust proof, easily attached
with secrews or nails. Resides being a great feed saver
it makes your hutch appear real businesslike and next.

Price 40 Cents each, Postpaid. Dosen by express $4.15.
ALUMINUM EAR TAGS

This is a way of identifying the individual rabbit or
other small animal. You can keep a record of your stock
by use of these tags as they are consecutively numbered.
A hole is punched into the ear of the animal, the tag is then
inserted and clasped onto a washer and all is done. So
- simple. So easy. :

Price, 12 for 25 cents; 25 for 50 cents; 50 for 75 cents; 100 for $1.35, Postpaid.
Numbered from 1 to 2, 18 to 25, 26 to 50, 51 to 75, 76 to 100.

EAR PUNCH

Used in connection with the ear tags.
A “just right size’ hole is made instan-
taneously by means of this punch. You
then insert the tag, place it over the
washer and all is done almost in a mo-
ment of time. Can be attached to your

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“a e Price 25 cents, Postpaid.

BREEDING RECORD CARDS

A handy and useful thing in raising rabbits. Shows name of animal.
what buck the doe is bred by, date of birth of young, number of young, num-
ber of each sex, etc. Keep a record otf your breeding does with these cards.

STOCK RECORD CARDS

These cards are used on pens of young steck. If used in connection with
ear tags, any rabbit can be picked out of a lot and its exact age and breeding
ascertained. In this way a number of litters can be kept in one pen and cor-

rect record kept.
' PRICE POSTPAID
12 for 15 cents. 50 for 40 cents. 100 for 75 cents.
STATE HOW MANY CF EACH YOU WANT
A 32-Page Supply Catalog Free to Stock Breeders Only

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STAHL’S OUTDOOR SUCCESS LIBRARY

A SET OF BOOKS BUBBLING OVER WITH INFORMA-
TION THAT WILL MEAN YOUR SUCCESS IN THE
SMALL STOCK INDUSTRY

THE GATEWAY FROM WAGES TO INDEPENDENCE
PROFITABLE WAYS TO MAKE BIG MONEY IN
THE GREAT OUTDOORS

Are you going to work for someone else all your life? Or are
you going to start a business, all your own, that will mean

PROFITS AND PLEASURE FOR YOU?

The above are questions vital to your future business career.
You cannot afford to pass them up. We have a great proposition
to put before you, and that is the reason we are asking you these
questions. Your interest is our interest. Your success is our
success.

You want to be your own boss; that’s mighty fine, and is an
idea you can work out tc your entire satisfaction. These books,
STAHIL’S SUCCESS LIBRARY, will start you. First, in a side
line that will grow into a regular business, just the same as our
little side line has grown into a large and prosperous enterprise.

The rabbit and small stock farming business presents to you
an opportunity that you can handle quite easily. It takes very
little capital to start, and no matter what line of stock you take
up you will find the demand far greater than the supply. You can
make your business as great as vou want it to be, it all depends
on yourself, and Stahl’s Success Library will be a great help to
you. Thousands of people have this library. It has helped them,
it will help you, and you can prove their success by building a
business of your own.

READ EVERY WORD OF THE FOLLOWING PAGES

Then act. As no matter what line of outdoor business you are
interested in you will find it in one of the four books listed. Get
the book that interests you most, or get the whole library, with
the understanding that you must be satisfied or your money will

be refunded.
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STAHL’S OUTDOOR SUCCESS LIBRARY

Volume No. |
RABBITS AND DOLLARS

A book that is a marvelous work. It teaches the rabbit business in
all its branches, even to the smallest detail of answering inquiries for stock,
stationery, advertising costs and profits. Describes and illustrates all breeds
a rabbits and their habits. It is endorsed by the leading breeders and
anciers.

NEVER BEFORE HAS A BOOK BEEN WRITTEN OF MORE
IMPORTANCE TO THE RABBIT BREEDER

Written by the following authorities in rabbitdom: C. S. Gibson,
America’s foremost rabbit judge and authority on rabbits; James Bunt,
formerly Managing Editor of Outdoor Enterprises; C. J. Coffman, a noted
breeder, a man of business judgment and system that pays in rabbitdom,
and last but not least, Edw. H. Stahl, who has done more for the rabbit
industry with his never ending advertising campaign and with his books
than any other man. What these men tell you about rabbits in this book
is sure good sound advice for you to follow. as no matter what problems
you have, this book will solve them. The small amount it costs is money
well spent, even if you do not have rabbits at this time.

BRIEF REVIEW OF CONTENTS

Successful beginning, Housing, Feeds and Feeding, Breeding, Photo-
graphs and descriptions of different breeds, Rabbitry Management, Effi-
cient Business Methods, Advertising, Stationery, Handling , Inquiries and
Answers, Repeat Orders, Filling Orders, Cest and Profit, Records, Book-
keeping System for the Rabbitry, Store Keeping, Hutch Records, Pedigree-
ing, the Rabbit Mail Order Business, the Rabbit Meat Business, the Rabbit
Fur Business, Diseases, Remedies, Prevention and Cure of same, and in
fact, no matter what you wish to know about the rabbit business, this
great book will explain it to you.

Beatifully Illustrated with Photographs of America’s Finest Stocks of All
Breeds. Also Showing How Different Types of Hutches
Are Constructed

A BOOK THAT WILL HELP YOU MAKE MONEY IN THE RABBIT
BUSINESS. 7,500 HAVE BEEN SOLD

Price 50 Cents, Postpaid

NOTE—A copy of this book with each order for rabbits amounting
to $5.00.

ANaaats jy

STAHL’S OUTDOOR SUCCESS LIBRARY
Volume No. Il

COMMERCIAL RABBIT FARMING
Complete Breeders’ Guide

This is a complete breeder’s guide, a plain talk by a big rabbit man.
Unlike other books on the subject, COMMERCIAL RABBIT FARMING deals
only with those breeds that are best adapted for meat and fur purposes,
explains best breeds, and how the business is commercialized, giving the
experience of those who have made it pay in a commercial way.
_ _Put_ your rabbitry on a paying foundation right from the start by starting
right. Follow the teachings of men who have succeeded. Commercial Rab-
bit Farming has helped many and it will help you.

DO YOU KNOW

To operate a business in Commercial Rabbits is very interesting and most
profitable either in your spare time or full time. It will make your dollar
have more cents.

For more than twenty-five years breeders of rabbits have been doing a
lot of talking about rabbits, but it has only been in the last few years that

there has been an attempt made to commercialize the rabbits, and you will
read all about it in this book.

THIS BOOK IS VITALLY NECESSARY TO YOUR SUCCESS

How to breed, raise and sell rabbits. This is what this book will teach
you. It points out the distinct difference between raising rabbits for fancy
and raising them for quantity and big money. It aitacks no one or their
opinions, it grinds nobody’s axe. The ideas are brand new and brilliantly
conceived. It’s the one text book that teaches success in the rabbit business.
Sixty-four pages with many beautiful illustrations of American leading food
and fur rabbits and of hutches.

BRIEF REVIEW OF CONTENTS

What is a Commercial Rabbitt History of Rabbits. The Commercial
Rabbit for Meat. Pertinent Statistics Nutritive Value of Meat. The Com-
mercial Rabbit Business. How to Begin Breeding and Selection. Care cf
the Young. Big Successes. The Future, Profligacy, Business Firmly Estab-
lished, Most Profitable Strains and Breeds.

This book is compiled by Edw. H. Stahl, Pioneer Rabbit Farmer of up-to-
date methods, who tells you exactly WHAT TO DO, when to do it and HOW
TO DO IT to get the most possible out of your rabbits.

Beautifully Illustrated with Photographs of America’s Finest Fur and Food
Rabbits and Hutches

A BOOK THAT WILL HAVE MANY THINGS IN STORE FOR THE
PROSPECTIVE AS WELL AS FOR THE OLD BREEDER
AND FANCIER

Price 50 Cents, Postpaid. 40,000 Have Been Sold.

NOTE—A copy of this book as well as a copy of Rabbits and Dollars
with each order amounting to $15.00.

Sah [foals

STAHL’S OUTDOOR SUCCESS LIBRARY
Volume No. III

Fifteen Profitable Outdoor Enterprises

WRITTEN
BY MEN OF SUCCESS, FOR THOSE WHO LOVE SMALL
LIVE STOCK AND GARDENS

An Hxtremely Interesting and Extraordinarily Valuable Treatise.

We Americans have been inclined to crown ourselves where many think
there is no opportunity to raise things to eat, to wear and to use as medi-
cine. We were wrong because today the man with a small plot of ground
and old building has an equal chance with the man with unlimited space.

MAKE MONEY IN YOUR BACK YARD AND VACANT LOT

There are at least 15 ways in which you can do it. We have explained
how it can be done raising Rabbits and Guinea Pigs. Now this book will
show you how it’s done with the fcilowing: FUR BEARING ANIMALS,
MINK, SKUNK, FOX, MUSKRATS, MARTEN, FISHER, ete.

GINSENG. This is a medicinal plant. mush used. This book gives the
whole history of the propagation of Ginseng.

; GOLDEN SEAL. Another valuable and popular medicinal plant grown
in America. The above two plants are extremely profitable crops.

RAISING SQUABS. One of the best and fastest growing industries,
Squabs, like rabbits, are in great demand everywhere, especially in the lead-
ing hotels and restaurants.

GROWING MUSITITROOMS. An enterprise where nothing but a cellar is
needed. A very profitable crop, and this book gives full and complete de-
tails. Then there are complete articles on the following:

ASPARAGUS TIPS, A PRIMER ON CELERY, PHARL GUINEAS, HEL-
LANTI, CASABA MELON, EVERBEARING STRAWBERRIES, ENGLISH
WALNUTS, INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS, the duck with a future. The raising
of ducks for market and for breeding purposes is extremely profitable.

FROG BREEDING. Here is a business that very few are engaged in at
this time, but it’s a very profitable one. Frozs are raised successfully in
tanks, ponds, etc.

FHRRETS. An animal very much in use, and there is a large demand
for them. Big farms are devoting all their acres to raising wheat to feed
thousands of ferrets. Read all about them.

BANTAMS. It’s not generally known, but Bantams are real money
makers, raised mostly for pets. Get into this. Try and buy some and you
will see that it’s mighty profitable for the raiser of these little birds.

CANARIWS. Many are making money raising them. Read about it.

KUDZU. Is a great forage crop, better than alfalfa. Will grow on very
poor land and enriches it. All live stock, from a suinea pig to a horse, are
very fond of it. Try it on a small patch and you will plant acres and make
money. Many breeders of small live stock are growing it. Cuts raising
expense to almost nothing.

ALSO COMPLETE RABEIT INSTRUCTIONS about the Belgian Hare, the
New Zealand Red, the Flemish Giant, the Dutch Rabbit, the Himalayan Rapb-
bit, and complete plans of hutches, ete.

THE ONLY BOOK OF ITS KIND PUBLISHED

If you are undecided as to what branch of an outdoor enterprise you
wish to promote, get this book and pick out one or more. 35,000 HAVE

BEEN SOLD.
Price $1.00, Postpaid.

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_ STAHL’S OUTDOOR SUCCESS LIBRARY
| Volume No. IV

2 How to Conduct a Scientific Fur Farm
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| Do You Want to Get Into a Business at Which You Can Make From
$100 to $5,000 a Year?

é IF SO, START A FUR FARM

Raise Foxes, Skunks, Mink. Muskrats, Marten, Fisher and other fur-bear-
ing animals. -
Fur farming is a national industry offering a world of wealth to those
- who will grasp the opportunity. It’s a clean cut business of merit, espe-
et cially adapted to Farmers, Hunters, Trappers, Sportsmen, Workmen and
Boys everywhere. No matter where you live, Fur Farming presents to you
an opportunuity to enyage in a business that will be profitable, and no
‘ pectter where you live you can raise one or the other of these fur-bearing
animals.
a You can start a fur farm on a small scale and in a few years you can
4 mInake an independent living right at yvour own home. Oeee Mink, Marten,
Skunk and Fisher are all of them fast Ciminishing due to clearing of land, etc.
THE QUESTION THAT CCGNFRONTS US 1S WHERE IS THE FUTURE
SUPPLY OF FUR De COME FROM.
x FUR FARMING is the enly solution to A aneena our fur- bearing animals.
a ‘The United States Department of Agriculture advises Fur Farming. DOMBES-
TICATED animals give the hest results as it has been proven that when
% Fur-Bearing animals are raised in captivity their pelts are far superior to
_ those raised wild, bringing’ more money on the market.

BLACK SILVER AND CROSS FOXES

Are more profitable than a gold mine. Foxes are easily raised in captivity.
ie Many a fortune has beer built with Foxes. Millions of dollars are now being
‘invested in this new and profitabie industry. Single pelts are selling for as
high as $2,060.60 each.

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MINK, MARTEN, FISHER

Are now being raised for their pelts. They are prolific and their fur com-
mands a high price at all times, and breeding stock can be had_so as to be
in the reach of everyone. You can learn all about raising Fur Bearing Ani-
‘ mals in this book, HOW TO CONDUCT A SCIENTIFIC FUR FARM.

SKUNKS

Skunks are the most easily raised of all fur-bearing animals. The scent
sacs are taken from the skunks, making them perfectly harmless, and it
does not affect their breeding

TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GET INTO THE FUR FARMING BUSI-
NESS, YOU SHOULD HAVE OUR BOOK—"“HOW TO CONDUCT A SCIEN-
‘TIFIC FUR FARM.”

- It tells everything. Flow te build pens. What to feed. How to get
Bock with many illustrations of the world’s finest fur-bearing animals and

asa pycits.
Price, Postpaid, $1.06

a | YOU CAN ORDER THE COMPLETE STAHL’S SUCCESS LIBRARY, FOUR
a eo eUMES, & FOR $2.00, or you can order the book single if you wish.

DO YOU WANT LIVE FUR BEARING ANIMALS? WE CAN
SUPPLY YOU

Let us know what breed you wish and how many and we will make you
the best. price possible for high class stock. As prices change from time
o time it is impossible for us to issue a regular price list. We will gladly
uote prices at any time to you on anything that you may want in the live
fur-bearing line. Skunks in four grades. Prices:range from $8.00 to $25.00
ach, according to markings, the blackest bring the most money.

. Mink, $35.00 to $50.00 each. Foxes from $59.00 to $150.00 a. pair for Red
rr Cross Foxes. Prices on Silver and Black exes a matter of special corre-
spondence. Marten, Ee 00 te $350.00 a pair. :

PRACTICAL RABBITRY PLANS _

To raise rabbits right, to raise them successfully, it is necessary for He
stock to be placed in proper housing yuarters It does not take MOEN: much >
SP ae and one of the most pleasing and sg Aa 1 0
investment paying a big dividend. No mat LIBR he we
you cannot be a successful rabbit breeder if ARY OF CONG eked

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all-around living accommodation. We-have'

bits that you can build just as large as you tae

_ Complete Plans, Specifications and Instruc la.
CASHING IN ON |

Three Proven Cash Pr.

Here’s the way to make money. It on” 002 ae I Le é
to rnake just aS much money from your rabhits as yau want to. oo oe
limit. gt

: A Most Marvelcus Work and a Wonder ers. 4
BIG PROFITS ASSURED FROM EVERY RABBIT ~ :

If you will follow these proven methods.‘ pt
j Some of the things yeu can learn to do to make effective salesmanship
and have a protit producing business,

Plans 1 and 2 as

Your market, Selling to Butchers, Hotels, Restaurants, ete. selling ta.

Private Families. What you should charge. Miscellaneous sales pointers.

, Profitable Rabbit Hiaes. pe sigen
Plan 3

‘THE BIG BONANZA

‘Selling Rabbits by mail. Successful Advertising, Impressing your pros-
pect. Making the Start. Advertising Mediums, Booklets, Circulars, ete.
Suggestions for Folders, Sales Letters, etc. Samples of Folders, Letters, etc.

These Plans are indispensable to every rabhit breeder. . By their use you
are able to use compelling methods to make your business a success and add _
many dollars to your income. Send for your copy today. Learn the actual

“HOWS” and not rosy dreams.
Price 25 cents, Postpaid.

CONCLUSION

We do not wish to stop talking.to vou. But we must bring this— book |
to a conclusion right here. Our interest in you when you order stock from
us will not be brought to a conclusion, but will be continued as long as
you wish it to be or whenever you may write in. There is no line in which
you may desire assistance, real business help, to which we will not give per-
sonal aEroucicns whenever we know you wish it.

REFERENCES

As to our financial responsibility, we refer you to the Peoples State Bank, Pe
Dedson, Mo. Also Dunn’s Mercantile Agency and Bradstreet’s Mercantile ~
Agency, who have our rating listed. We further refer you to the Western
Baptist Publishing Co., Kansas City, Mo., Ameriean Railway ‘Express Co., do
Holmes Park, Mo. wi

As to our standing as breeders of high class rabbits, we refer you to any he
Nationally Known Rabbit.and Pet Stock Judge, as well as the presidents and ~
secretaries of all the leading rabbit and “small stock associations, to whom aah
we are well known.

~The fact that our advertisements have been accepted by all the leading :
publications for more than nine years, publications which guarantee the Peed
liability of their advertisers, should be further proof as to our responsibility, ay
and that we do give satisfaction in all cases. ‘ <b
; MEMBERS—National Breeders’ and Fanciers’ Association of America, In
National Federation of New Zealand Breeders; National Federation of Fle
ish Giant Breeders; Federation Belgian Breeders of America; National Bel
gian Hare Club of ‘America, and many others. a Nat:

ORDER TODAY FROM ...... | -
-Stabl’s Outdoor Enterprise Company —
: KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

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