FARMING AND FOXHUNTING 



these poverty-stricken areas the farmer Hves on the 

 fat of the hunter. Have you any idea of the cash 

 expenditure it takes to run a pack of hounds for a 

 season ? 



A. H. : No, I can't say that I've ever thought 

 much about it. 



C. W. W. : Well, to make a start. To run a 

 pack of hounds with horses and servants complete 

 for one day's hunting a week during the season 

 costs -£1,2^0 per annum. In England and Wales 

 we have about 150 packs of fox- and staghounds. 

 To run these packs during the hunting season 

 means an outlay of about half a million pounds. 

 Add to this the expenditure of the countless numbers 

 who hunt, we get a total calculated expenditure of 

 about 1 2 millions per annum, not all of which finds 

 its way to the pocket of the farmer, I know, but I 

 estimate he gets the lion's share of it. 



Now here's another little incident where a farmer 

 benefits when he is in contact with the hounds. 

 Some few weeks ago I happened to be out cubbing, 

 and riding up to a friend I said, " Good morning, 



Mr. , how are you ? " He turned round and 



replied, " Good morning, old boy. I am all the 

 better for seeing you. How have you summered ? 

 Here, have you got any old oats ? " — " Yes, just 

 threshed out 50 quarters of old grey winter." — 

 *' Right you are, send 'em up when you like." I 

 am convinced that many of our young farmers 

 to-day do not take advantage of the business pos- 

 sibilities of foxhunting. They should always be 

 on the look-out to buy a good promising young 



