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OverviewAmong the many challenges facing the contemporary smallholder who keeps livestock and grows his own food, is how to deal with the various pests that are capable of decimating crops, degrading pasture, stealing produce, contaminating animal feed and killing valuable livestock. This book provides the smallholder with the knowledge and the information about the skills to meet this challenge in an effective and humane way. Considers all the major pests faced by smallholders including rats, house and field mice, grey squirrels, moles, rabbits, deer, foxes, mink, wood pigeons, crows and rooks Discusses each pest in detail, arguing that it is essential for the smallholder to understand their characteristics and behaviour in order to control them successfully Emphasizes that 'prevention is better than cure' and identifies a variety of measures designed to thwart, rather than kill, pests Examines both traditional and modern pest control methods Covers traps, poisons, air rifles, dogs, ferrets, electric fencing, bird scarers, wildlife deterrents and repellents, automatic bird feeders, and polytunnels and cloches Stresses that smallholders need to adopt a comprehensive pest control programme that complies with current legislation and balances conservation with control AUTHOR: David Bezzant has hunted rabbits with ferrets, purse nets and terriers for the past twenty years. He now lives on a croft in northeast Scotland where he continues to work his ferrets. He started to write about ferrets in the 1990s and his articles on the subject have appeared in The Countryman's Weekly. David has two other books published by Crowood: Ferreting - A Traditional Country Pursuit and Rabbiting Terriers - Their Work and Training. 146 colour photographs Full Product DetailsAuthor: David BezzantPublisher: The Crowood Press Ltd Imprint: The Crowood Press Ltd Dimensions: Width: 17.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.493kg ISBN: 9781847974563ISBN 10: 1847974562 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 30 January 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationDavid Bezzant has spent most of his adult life in smallholdings of various sizes and has kept traditional breeds of sheep, pigs, goats and poultry. Pursuing an interest in old-fashioned forms of pest control, he is an expert on the use of ferrets and working terriers and is the author of two books published by Crowood on the subject: Rabbit Terriers - Their Work and Training (2006) and Hunting with Ferrets (2008). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |