FARMING AND FOXHUNTING 



sure you would find an idle life boring and certainly 

 not very profitable. 



C. W. W. : YeSj I believe you are right. Both 

 occupations are very interesting, provided of course 

 you have an iron frame and good health. A farmer 

 has every opportunity to furnish himself with a good 

 constitution, and, if he can't plough in his troubles, 

 he has at least a good opportunity to hunt them 

 away, and I might add at little cost. 



A. H. : Yes, the hunting farmer is generally a 

 cheerful sort of fellow, but most of us can't afford 

 the time or money to hunt to-day. Now apart from 

 keeping the farmer fit, what benefits would you 

 say come to farming from foxhunting ? 



C. W. W. : Well, foxhunting and farming fit 

 in very well together. Foxhunting does bring many 

 benefits to the farmer, direct and indirect. Some- 

 times I think the benefits are overlooked, but that, 

 of course, is only natural. The non-hunting man 

 does not sum up the situation. If he did he would 

 be amazed at his good luck in farming in an area 

 where hunting is a tradition of long standing. 



A. H. : That is a bold statement to make. Why 

 do you say that this hunting game is so good for the 

 farmer ? There are plenty of poultry farmers and 

 some others who say that they would rather be 

 without foxes and without foxhunting. 



C. W. W. : Well, I must take up your chal- 

 lenge. First think of the picturesque and the social 

 side of foxhunting. No one can be insensible to 

 that fascinating picture of a village or lawn Meet. 

 Here you get congregated the high and the low, 



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