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    THE FIELD FROM THE ARCHIVES

    Feb 17, 2022 4 minutes

    even or eight years ago, fewer than 40 brace of partridges were shot in a season at North Farm, Washington, West Sussex. Things are very different now. In the 1960s, the average bag has been up to 500 brace in a season, and when a guest has had a chance to poke round and ask questions this spectacular improvement does not surprise him. All schemes and methods, both sporting and agricultural, at North Farm, whose chairman and owner is Mr J Goring, come under the keen eye of the managing director, Mr Christopher Hunt. If the said guest happened to be somewhat lazy and

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