Farming and Foxhunting
eBook - ePub

Farming and Foxhunting

  1. 206 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Farming and Foxhunting

About this book

This vintage book contains a detailed and fascinating account of the author's experiences as a farmer and huntsman. With biographical information and detailed descriptions of the author's rural lifestyle, this is a book that will appeal to those with an interest in English rural history, and one that will be of considerable utility to modern farmers and hunting enthusiasts. Contents include: "Family Origin", "School and Early Days", "Wanborough Plain Days", "A Trip to Australia, and Following Years at Wanborough Plain", "The Great War Period", "Burderop", "A Harvest Home", "Burderop in the Air", "Arable or Grass?", "Present-day Farming", "A Flying Visit to Scotland-August 1, 1937", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of fox hunting.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. A Brief Introduction to Fox Hunting
  5. Preface
  6. Foreword
  7. Contents
  8. Illustrations
  9. I Family Origin
  10. II School and Early Days
  11. III Wanborough Plain Days
  12. IV A Trip to Australia, and Following Years at Wanborough Plain
  13. V The Great War Period
  14. VI Burderop
  15. VII A Harvest Home
  16. VIII Burderop on the Air
  17. IX Arable or Grass?
  18. X Present-day Farming
  19. XI A Flying Visit to Scotland—August 1, 1937
  20. XII An Impression of German Farming—1938
  21. XIII Holidays
  22. XIV Land Tenure
  23. XV Wiltshire County Council
  24. XVI The National Farmers’ Union
  25. XVII Foxhunting
  26. XVIII The New Regime
  27. XIX Farming and Foxhunting—1938