"David (Normandy)" wrote in message
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I have childhood memories of mowing time and corn harvesting time at my
fathers farm. Depending on who did the job they cut the grass (or
harvested the grain) in various patterns up / down / around the field. The
worst pattern seemed to be concentric circles from the outside of the
field finishing in the centre. As the mower/harvester went along, the
wildlife moved for cover to the uncut area until they all ended up in the
middle of the field where they got massacred on the final cut. Rabbits,
voles, mice, rats, partridges etc. Carnage. :-(

Yes, the guns were always ready and a good bag was usually gained :-)

Mary