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fection from the age of two, to three 

 years. 



Upon a regular plan, and with suffici- 

 ent attendance, it is better to feed three 

 times, than twice a day. The art of feed- 

 ing rabbits with safety and advantage, is, 

 always to give the upper hand to dry and 

 substantial food. Their nature is conge- 

 nial with that of the sheep, and the same 

 kind of food, with little variation, agrees 

 with both. All weeds, and the refuse 

 of vegetation, should be ha?iished from 

 Rabbit feeding. Such articles are too 

 washy and diuretic, and can never be 

 worth attention, whilst the more solid and 

 nutritious productions of the field may be 

 obtained in such plenty, and w^U return so 

 much greater profit. Rabbits may, indeed, 

 be kept, and even fattened upon roots, 

 good green meat, and hay ; but they will 

 pay for corn ; and this may be taken as a 

 general rule : — Rabbits which have as much 

 corn as they "will eat, can never take any 

 harm from being indidged ivith almost an 



