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shire, the other in Berks. The former fed 

 some hundreds a few years since, and then 

 it was said, intended to double his stock. 

 The HUTS were placed in a small building 

 set apart for that purpose. The then stock 

 produced one load of dung per week, two 

 loads of which w ere sufficient to manure an 

 acre of land. Three dozen of rabbits per 

 week, were sent to the London market; 

 but keep and attendance reckoned, no 

 other profit accrued, excepting the dung^ 

 the price of which used to be eight pence 

 per bushel, and I beUeve thirty six bushels 

 are reckoned a load. The Berks gen- 

 tleman, according to the Survey of that 

 county, feeds white rabbits on account of 

 the superior value of their skins, from their 

 appUcation of late years to the purpose of 

 trimmings. Twenty does and two bucks 

 were my largest stock. 



The RABBIT-HOUSE should stand upon a 

 dry foundation, and be well ventilated. Ex- 

 posure to too much humidity, whether exter- 

 nafiy or internally, is fatal to rabbits, v/hich 

 are liable to the rot like sheep, and from the 



