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The rearing of domestic Rabbits is, nowadays, frequently 
performed on a large scale. In country districts in France it 
has become the adjunct of every kind of farming. This is 
because it requires little expense, little trouble, is within the 
means of every one, and yields, when well conducted, a hand- 
some remuneration. This subject is well treated in the celebrated 
pamphlet entitled, “ The Art of Rearing Rabbits, and how to 
make a Revenue of Three Thousand Francs from them.” 
Fig. 217.— Warren Rabbits. 
In addition to the extensive operations in this respect carried 
on in large farms, and which can be made very profitable, when 
conducted with the skill and precaution that experience teaches, 
the Rabbit is also reared in cellars ; from this method, the 
dimensions of their residence being too restricted, only slender 
profits result. Rabbits so reared are often designated in France 
Cabbage Rabbits, because cabbages are the staple of their food. 
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