What country was your grandfather in? Russia or one of the other eastern
European countries ? His rabbit farm might have been the job given him by
the state rather than a private business.
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On 11/10/07 6:28 AM, "priit@xxxxxxxxx" <priit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When I was a child, my grandfather had a rabbit farm. He sold the rabbits as
> pets, for fur and as meat. Actually any sort of commercial enterprise was
> illegal during the soviet time, but I did not give it much thought back then.
> Anyway I think he had it covered somehow, since the rabbits were also featured
> on TV a couple of times. My task was to help grandfather, mostly during summer
> when there was no school.
>
> Barrels like those in the photo (below) were used to hold grain to feed the
> rabbits, but sometimes also fertilizer or a mixture called "power feed" (I'm
> not sure what the appropriate term would be in English). The empty ones were
> also great to play in. You can see other things such as baskets to pick
> potatoes, scythes to cut grass or hay and even grandfather's old jacket he
> wore
> even in the hottest summer months. The rope was used to secure a huge stack of
> hay on a trailer pulled by a tractor. The chair is for resting between work.
>
> My grandfather is 90 now and does not do farm work anymore. Majority of the
> meadows the hay used to come from was sold by the owners and has been turned
> into a suburb by real estate developers. There are maybe 5 or 10 rabbits left
> now.
>
> http://www.softshark.ee/~priit/tynnid.jpg
>
> OM-4T, Zuiko 24/2.8, Fomapan+Fomadon LQN, scanned from grade 2 print.
>
> priit.
>
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