在这部Southern Fried Rabbit动画片中,这真是最糟糕的日子，前所未有的大干旱袭来，放眼望去，所及之处一片荒芜，田里颗粒无收，树木干枯无叶，了无生机。疲惫的兔八哥（梅尔·布兰科 Mel Blanc 配音）在田里翻了半天，可是所有的胡萝卜都干瘪无肉，他都快饿死了。就在此时，兔八哥看到报纸上阿拉巴马胡萝卜大丰收的消息，他大喜过望，决定去南方碰碰运气。历经千辛万苦，他总算来到了富饶的南方，谁知顽固的红胡子（梅尔·布兰科 Mel Blanc 配音）还活在南北战争时期，他严禁兔八哥踏上南方的土地，坚决要将其赶回老家去。
为了好吃的胡萝卜，兔八哥只得想出各种诡计和这个脑袋像木头一样傻瓜作斗争……
This cartoon has not appeared unedited on American television for decades. The edited sequence shows Bugs Bunny trying to cross the Mason-Dixon line in black-face (brownface?). He sings two songs (the second of which, "Yankee Doodle", enrages Confederate Sam) then, placing a whip in the bewildered Sam's hand, Bugs acts as if Sam is going to beat him. Bugs then exits and re-enters as an indignant Abe Lincoln.
