1206 Live Stock.—Poultry—Common Fowls— Breeds of.

The traps are conftructed by forming large pits dug in the way of their moft frequented tracks, and covered by a fort of folding door, towards the centre of which is a fort of fall trap door, to which they are led by a narrow track or meufe. The rabbits, being thus taken, are forted according to circumftances.

Avery great objection to thefe animals is their deftroying the corn, new fown graffes, turnips, and even the quick hedges that are in the vicinity of them.

In raifing tame rabbits, the principal points to be regarded are thofe of having fuch ftock as is perfectly free from difeafe, keeping them quite clean, dry, and free from all forts of filth, with a fufficient proteGtion from cold in fevere weather. The feeding fhould be performed regularly, in{mall quantities ata time, anda due pro- portion kept up between the dry and moift green vegetable food: the moft proper kinds of each fort of which are, thofe of clover, parfley, endive, dandelion, cabbage-leaves, carrot-tops,&c. with good green rouen or clover-hay, pea-chaff, oats, pollard, and bran.‘They ufually breed at the age of fix months, and moftly three or four times in the year, efpecially when kept fufficiently warm in the winter feafon; at this time alittle dry hay fhould be placed in the butch:.the young may be weaned at fix or eight wecks old, and the buck admitted. The young rabbits ought to be carefully feparated when they become of any fize, and never be fuf- fered to be in any degree crow ded together, as in fuch cafes they foon become dif. eated.

Poultry.—This is a fpecies of ftock which, from the trouble and uncertainty that attends it, is of doubtful advantage, except in- particular fituations and circum- ftances. The term poultry comprehends feverai different forts of birds that have been confidered as ftock for the farm-yard.

Common Fowls.—Of thefe there are various breeds, as the game breed, the Englih or white breed, the Poland or black breed, the Darking breed, the Shackbag breed, the Malay breed. The two firft of thefe breeds are much fmaller than the others. As this fort of ftock, when under a proper fyfiem of management, affords advantage both in the eggs and the chickens, it may be neceflary to obferve that the game and Poland breeds are in general the beft layers, but that in refpect to the fize of the eggs the larger breeds are preferable. As fetting- and breeding-fowls, the Darking and other large breeds are probably the beft; but in what regards the colour, quality, and flavour of the fleth, the game and the white breeds are fuppofed by thofe who indulge in this fort of food to be the moft delicate.

In the management of poultry much depends upon proper conveniencies‘being provided for them. The method of confiruGting houfes for this ufe has been

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