446 THE GROUSE IN HEALTH AND IN DISEASE 



It is somewhat surprising that so little has been done i 

 the way of stocking moors with hand-reared Grouse, it- 

 Grouse can be reared in captivity almost as easily as pheasai 

 and it might materially assist the restocking of a moor whia 

 had been hard hit by disease if the gamekeeper had . 

 coops of captive chicks, which he could release as soon as tl 

 were old enough to find food for themselves. 



These minor expedients may on occasion prove helpfi, 

 but they are of little real importance when compared \v 

 the main rules of moor and stock management. These ri 

 may be summarised as follows : 



Ascertain the number of birds on the ground as early 

 possible. 



Determine what stock of birds can be carried with sal 

 over the winter. 



Shoot early and often in a good season ; shoot old bi 

 only in a bad season. 



Regulate the stock by the number to be left on the groun, 

 and not by the bags obtained. 



Some Notes on Broomhead Moor by Mr R. H. RIMINGTO 



WILSON. 



Having fortunately but little experience of epidemics u 

 this moor, the writer can only approach the question of disc, 

 in a negative way, and try to suggest some of the conditio 

 which may tend to make a moor comparatively free froi 

 its visits. 



In the first place it may be stated that there has been ; 

 serious outbreak here since 1874, but that, before this di 

 disease in virulent form attacked the moor on an aver 

 once every seven years. 



Shooting over dogs was given up about 1870, and te 

 moor was cleared of sheep in 1877. 



It may here be remarked that on the first occasion on whui 

 a total of over thirteen hundred brace in a day was made u 



