Everything you Wanted to Know about the Countryside

(but didn't dare ask!)

Jill Mason (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2022
Merlin Unwin Books (Verlag)
978-1-913159-47-4 (ISBN)

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What goes on in the farm, the moorlands and fenlands? This book is packed with facts about rural Britain today, presented in a clear and lively way. It will inform the city dweller and surprise even the farmer and the villager. Chicken, sheep, pig, beef and dairy farming, crops, pest control, GM, rare breeds, crofting – no topic is ignored!

• How many eggs does a hen lay in its lifetime?

• What's a hogget?

• What is the point of burning heather on moorland?

• How does grazing help the environment?

• Can Britain be self-sufficient

• What is a genetically modified crop?

• When is a pig a gilt?

• Who owns the forests, the mountains, the wetlands and coastline in Britain?

• What is the future for British farming?

All these questions and more are tackled by Jill Mason in this new fact-packed, illustrated book.

It is an invaluable account of the British countryside today, its livestock, its crops and its wildernesses.

Jill Mason was one of Britain’s first women gamekeepers, a job which she enjoyed for over 30 years. She has lived and worked in the countryside all her life and has written for several country and fieldsports magazines. She is the author of several books including The Rabbit, The Hare and The Townies’ Guide to the Countryside, Rural England, and Away My Lads, Away and The Ennerdale and Eskdale Hunt. She lives in Norfolk with her husband David Mason, also a retired gamekeeper. David Mason, whose pictures appear throughout her books, is a keen wildlife and countryside photographer whose work has been published in many books, magazines and newspapers.

Farming: The Big Picture 7

Farming Livestock 17

Animal Welfare 23

Cattle Farming 29

Sheep Farming 45

Pig Farming 59

Poultry Farming 67

Horses and Ponies 86

Arable Farming 103

Horticulture 123

Genetic Modification 141

Organic Farming 145

Farming Diversification 149

Landowners and Managers 159

Forestry 178

Pest Species 190

Alien and Invasive Species 206

Country Sports 216

Working Dogs 253

Conservation 259

Renewable Energy 291

Countryside Leisure 301

Our Heritage 304

Index 317

Erscheinungsdatum	05.09.2022
Zusatzinfo	423 Halftones, color
Verlagsort	Shropshire
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Gewicht	1204 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-913159-47-7 / 1913159477
ISBN-13	978-1-913159-47-4 / 9781913159474
Zustand	Neuware