CHAPTER V 



BY MANY HANDS 



A series of notes from many estates Summarizing present- 

 day methods under varying conditions With results, 

 opinions, and suggestions. 



As it is only some thirty or forty years 

 since the idea of doing something towards 

 improving partridge ground was first 

 seriously considered, it could hardly be 

 expected that the rules of modern pre- 

 servation should be capable of being 

 concisely and finally laid down in a few 

 pages. 



The new system probably originated 

 at Elvedon, where, as long ago as 1870, 

 Lord Ducie's keepers were successfully 

 rearing large numbers of partridges by 

 hand, exchanging pheasant's eggs for 

 those of partridges with their neighbours. 



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