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RABBITS AND POULTRY. 551

breed of pigs, which exhibits a good example, and may, in time, be the means of introducing a valu- able species into that county.

ON RABBITS AND POULTRY.

I have seen no warrens, but such as appeared to me, capable of proc ucing some article of the cattle-crops; and, in my-opinion, it would be much more for the interest of the country, to be supplied with rabbits fed at home, than running at large, in which state they are, in many parts, a great nuisance..

Rabbits,(I speak from experiment), are profit- able stock upon a farm, and would be so, in a'very eminent degree, were they not liable to so many casualties, and were they equally successful in win- ter assummer.‘The poe will breed at six months old, and goes thirty days. Give hay a few days before kindling, for bed. The.necessity of doe tak- ing buck immediately, mere Pater-noster-row, stuff; wean the young at six weeks, then give the buck. Young weaned rabbits to be separated, as soon as they begin to fight. Keep clean, and dry, and warm, in cold weather. Feed fresh and often. An even hand to be kept, between moist and dry food.‘The weeds commonly given them from the fields, too faint and diuretic. Give clover, cabbage, carrot-tops, endive, carrots,&c. clover-hay, pollard, oats, barley, grains.

Poultry are an article of luxury, for which the little farmer never obtains an adequate price. He had better allow his wife a certain annual sum, for

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