Pest Control for the Smallholder

Bezzant, David

ISBN 10: 1847974562 / ISBN 13: 9781847974563

Published by The Crowood Press Ltd, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pest Control for the Smallholder
• Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847974562
• ISBN 13: 9781847974563
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 480 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Among the many challenges facing the contemporary smallholder who keeps livestock and grows his own food, is how to deal with the various pests that are capable of decimating crops, degrading pasture, stealing produce, contaminating animal feed and killing valuable livestock. This book provides the smallholder with the knowledge and the information about the skills to meet this challenge in an effective and humane way. Considers all the major pests faced by smallholders including rats, house and field mice, grey squirrels, moles, rabbits, deer, foxes, mink, wood pigeons, crows and rooks.

About the Author

David Bezzant has spent most of his adult life in smallholdings of various sizes and has kept traditional breeds of sheep, pigs, goats and poultry. Pursuing an interest in old-fashioned forms of pest control, he is an expert on the use of ferrets and working terriers and is the author of two books published by The Crowood Press on the subject: Rabbit Terriers - Their Work and Training (2006) and Hunting with Ferrets (2008).