Game in Hand - A Calendar of Game Conservation

Fordingbridge, Hampshire: I.C.I. Game Research Station. Good+ with no dust jacket. [c1960]. First Edition. Softcover. Ex-library, with some library labels and markings.; [28] pages. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 219 x 168mm. Illustrated with somewhat humorous illustrations. "The notes in this booklet were reproduced in the sporting and farming Press during 1956 and 1957. They are practical suggestions as to what can be done on the average shoot - whether keepered or not - to produce the sort of game crop we all want." - from the Introduction. Contents: Introduction; Planning for Game; Vermin Control; Rearing Pheasants; Partridge Rearing; The Knife in the Grass; Nest Management; Take Cover; Death by Poisoning; Counting Partridges; Parasites and Pestilence; Winter Feeding; Forestry and Pheasants; Situation Vacant; Tailpiece. .