CHAPTER III 



MANAGEMENT OF THE MOOR 



Small is the evidence that in the older 

 days of grouse shooting much heed was 

 given to the numerous points of manage- 

 ment which are now very generally 

 recognised and acted on as indispensable 

 to successful grouse rearing. In this 

 business, increase of knowledge and the 

 results of the application thereof have 

 been almost as great as in the domain of 

 agriculture and other departments of rural 

 economy. Looking back for no longer a 

 period than about fifty years we shall find 

 in the retrospect a very striking improve- 

 ment in all that pertains to this branch of 

 sport, and still more if we limit the survey 

 to about half that period. 



When grouse moors were first sought 



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