PRACTICAL PEST CONTROL IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. By George Hogg.

# (1986) 1997 reprint. Large 8vo (158 x 240mm). Ppx,124. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.

George Hogg, game keeper turned pest-control man, reasserts the utility of traditional methods of pest control and management, generally avoiding poisons and other chemicals. Chapters include; the pests; the past and present; tools of the trade; pesticides; the verminman's dog; ferrets; traps, nets and snares; guns and ammunition; rodents; rabbits and hares; the fox; feral cats; mustelids; crows and gulls; deer; moles; pigeons, starlings and sparrows; squirrels; voles; insects; near pests and non-pests; the future. Interesting and useful.