Plate 31. A (Upper), Farming activities greatly affect the grouse food sup- 

 ply. The type of woodland cutting carried on, care of fencerows (or lack of it), 

 pasture fencing, ploughing and cultivation all show their effects in this picture. 

 The ploughed fields have no cover, but maintain edges against the woods. Some 

 fencerows are clean, others brushy. Pasture is fenced, and some of the former 

 pasture has been abandoned to grow into brushy land, then to woodland. 

 B (Lower). When deep snows blanket the ground, grouse resort to buds for most 

 of their food. When the day is calm, though, they wander through the snow seek- 

 ing fruits and greens. 



