The Quarterly Review, Volume 264, Issue 523John Murray, 1935 |
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Page 76
... rabbits , when great numbers were required , being largely confined in private warrens to which many of the ground game laws referred . Old sportsmen , indeed , still talk of the days when it was necessary to ' turn down ' rabbits for ...
... rabbits , when great numbers were required , being largely confined in private warrens to which many of the ground game laws referred . Old sportsmen , indeed , still talk of the days when it was necessary to ' turn down ' rabbits for ...
Page 77
... rabbits came to be regarded as the special province of the occupier . With the railways providing access to markets in the thickly populated centres , surplus rabbits soon became a profitable side - line to the tenant - farmer . Since ...
... rabbits came to be regarded as the special province of the occupier . With the railways providing access to markets in the thickly populated centres , surplus rabbits soon became a profitable side - line to the tenant - farmer . Since ...
Page 78
... rabbits acquired a sub- stantial value , and during the ' peak ' years of the war period even proved sufficiently lucrative to pay the rent of a rough farm . In those days the producer realised as much as 2s . 6d . per head , and though ...
... rabbits acquired a sub- stantial value , and during the ' peak ' years of the war period even proved sufficiently lucrative to pay the rent of a rough farm . In those days the producer realised as much as 2s . 6d . per head , and though ...
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