16 AUGUST 1940, Page 14

More Game

The numbers of that exclusive British bird, the Red Grouse, are immense in many districts, as are those of partridges. Now grouse, more surely than any other species of bird, suffers from overcrowd- ing. If the numbers are excessive, disease is a certainty. Acting sportsmen will be few, and it is certainly not in the national interest that large numbers of cartridges should be expended. A pamphlet was once published under the title, "Ways of trapping and killing our feathered friends." Grouse are easily netted by those who have the art. Doubtless the local poachers are patriots, like the rest of us, and will willingly co-operate with keepers to supply the nation with this excellent food without the expenditure of powder and shot.