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est part, applying about five tons to the acre, and 

 since then it has been moss harrowed. The part 

 which is eaten off bare will be dressed with a light 

 application of dissolved bones, also the main ride 

 down the centre of the wood. 



' You cannot have a large stock of rabbits, year 

 after year, on a small warren like this, without periodi- 

 cally doing something to help the land upon which 

 you keep them ; but, by clearing the ground for three 

 months every year, and occasionally liming, I believe it 

 to be quite possible ; and I see no reason why a rabbit 

 warren should not pay if you do not shoot the rabbits, 

 but watch the markets, and either trap or net them.' 

 Trapped or snared rabbits should realise, say, 

 2S. ()d. a couple ; shot ones 2^. Zd. a couple ; taking 

 out, of course, any badly shot, and sending only good 

 sound rabbits to market. 



It is important to bear in mind the difference 

 between farming a warren for profit, and laying it out 

 for sporting purposes. In the former case you may 

 have four or five times as many rabbits to the acre as 

 can be maintained in the latter case. Mr. Simpson, 

 referring to the former, writes : — ' I know, and am 

 sure, that fifty rabbits can be produced to an acre 

 of fair pasture ; but I should expect a hundred.' ' 



' The Field, March 14, 1896. This opinion is confirmed 

 by another writer in The Field oi November 9, 1889. 



