6 ' C l ith ^ Advertiser &. Times. July lOy 1959


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rilJITOROE Is to be one of ^


..'IC.i the Judging centres for the


Golden VHeece .competition, which' Is Intended to Improve wool production from hill sheep. .


known cattle 'food concern the competition is open to


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ROBINSON, KEYS >& CO, LTD,, The Old Firm,


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^ FLOOli . s c r i b i n g by. modem Seleotrio machines


£5;~to-io500 ;


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I ■ THE Pendleton ana District


Lending Society, Ltd., 45 CHUBCHGAXk,,]WLTON (Opiate! GrWd Theatre) Phone 4085


Tel. 44742 CllllTidEROi STef. 136


And an Experienced Staff of Planners and at your Service


fleeces in relation to the breed type. ; They, will award points for fleece weight, uniform


■ quality, strength and fineness ",


of fibre, handle and length bl staple.


painted plaques are to be awarded for each breed, and all fleeces which gain prizes at Clltheroe will be sent forward for national Judging with the chance. Of winning £100 and the supren^ champion shield.


Cash jjrlzes and hand- * . * *


“ conse^lng grass for winter food. While there have been bl? advances in labour-saving methods of haymaking (not­ ably by pick-up baling) there


XXAYMAKING is still the most widely used method


has not been a comparable ______ ^


of good hay and that if the hay is poor they cannot get S°od results In winter from ^ther cows or dry stock, even with excessive and expensive concentrate feeding.


allowed to become overgrown 'and stemmy In order to get lextra “ bulk." Such overgrown material, however well made, ,can never give highly nutriti­ ous bay.


jWhlle I t ! Is still young and i


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speeds up the drying process appreciably. Most farmers lose 'valuable, time during a flry spell by leaving the hay undisturbed In the swath for one or two days.


and so permit'earlier baling and 'With less risk of subse­ quent spoiling through heat-


v?ater readily If there Is any rain.


(1 The farmer without a baler can speed up the drying pro­ cess by early and frequent tpddlngi and by putting the partly dried materlaL on to tripods or into cocks. Cocking


and trlpodlng ' mean more work but in " catchy:” weather they often mean the dlffer- erice between good and spoilt


not lose their tops in a gale, small, flat - topped cocks of about a hundredweight are useless in bad weather.


contractor to do his baling or the farmer with a large acre­ age should do almost the op­


iThe farmer Telying, on a


takes little harm In the undis­ turbed swath, but deteriorates rapidly if It is turned and got rqady for baling and then gets wet' again.


diately the-Tmaterlal is ready, th^ere Is i considerable risk of iw getting wet; again, often with disastrous, results. In such circumstances It Is less risky to leave the grass undis­ turbed In the swath for', up to a week after cutting. During tWs time the cell sap Is got rid of arid coiriplete drying is very quick ai .soon as turning orjteddlng Is done.


hen If there is no sign of the weather breaking the- swaths


farmer can' get qn assurance from the-'[Contractor that If the weather,, keeps dry, and barring accidents, he can t come, at [a .certain time and


When the hay Is cured the


exactly when he can do their baling. : If . he cannot come , imme­


posite of what has previously been suggested. |lt Is well known that hay


hay. One Important point with cocks or tripods Is to con­ struct them soundly and rope them down so that they effec- t(vely turn heavy rain and do


winter, but the extra quality of the hay should amply repay this. ITie bales must, of course, he carted immediately to the barn as they absorb


I Low density bales have to be handled more carefully In


1 When baling from the swath low density bales should be made as these dry out more easily than high density ones


Should be to shorten the time between cutting and drying and so lower-the risk of spoil­ ing. For farmers who have their own equipment it is very Important to start tedding the grass a lm o s t Immediately after cutting, as tedding


haymaking depends to a great pxtent on individual clrcum- stoces, but generally the aim


The actual technique of. h The first essential, for good


ay Is to cut the grass early too much grass is


jAU farmeri realise tlie'value


toprovement in the quality of hay produced.


Mr. T. H. Robinson of Ackroy- den, .Halifax,' and Mr. R. Col­ lins, of Bradford, are British Wool ‘ Marketing Board ap­ praisers and will consider the


tako plaOe at the Auction Mart on Friday,' July 31st arid Will be on view to all. The Judges,


fleeces must be unwashed arid neaUy roUed. Judging at Clltheroe will


owners of'15 hill sheep breeds and types In thh Bii^sh isleb. Of the' local breeds,! L6nk, Gritstone a n d Swaledale fleeces are to he Judged dt C(llthef;oe' and Di-les-Weds at Haweis. Farmers may Center one;'group 'Of ' three- fleeces from ewes which Mve'bfeeii sheared preyloiisly and hayO lambed, this, season. Thih


can' he' turned only two to thr?e houT? before haling.


,1 By t,e,a h 1 h g imijiqdlately after cutting and by'moving the material frequentlyi if the weather Is reasonable, hay- m ^ r ig in two or th?j^ day? is


O jthe iQcal Meteqrolbgica. i offlceri and getting, aj’forecast


I Beibre: coinimenclngi cutting upt Is. tyell lyorth while'


the hext 48 or 72 hours. For a small fee, the Met., Qffice will notify, buy. farmer when there is likely to. he a dry shell, and this ^information ,can[be very


f the, weather Hkelii; during J i Snirimiiig tm:


‘ 1—^l^ffi.erass'aulcMsIand cut It while yoilng/hnti leafy;' ’


!2—Kjeeplt on'the nioile almost I wntlnuously after


cuttlrig,


;3—Make liow density iriake j cocks


; weather for. aqpther 124 j ■ -hou^s.'


unlhss you are ' ssu— of' dry '


ar j cutting.- oh


ure, ___ _ I r


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bales'or tripqds.


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|4-^onsult the Meteorological Gfifice before commencing


15—If I you rely on a contractor wait- ' until the j hay .Is made In the ' swdth and the’ contractor Is!' nearly


: rekdy to , start be|Eorc moving the


baling swhth.


6—Arid ithe best of iufc 3k!'!''


of! NorthI East Lancashire ht the World Scout Jamboree, Is IS.^yeairripld Spoilt John Lairi-


bert, of 11, Chatburn Road. jfohii wlllljfly from London


on Sunday, calling at Rome, Beirut, kar^cri, Delhi and R 4 n g 0 b n jbefore touchirig down at Maimla on Tuesday.


II (CHANGING TE5


bloc is[ becoming an ^ver-larger exporter of manufactumd goods.


Is to ^ow about fofrien com­ petition. including the worst kinds (Jf manipulated jcurrencies and' subsidised exports ' ex­ perienced 'before the ;war. ; Re­ cently, there have b^n ominous developments from dhlba*' and Czechoslovakia which Jhmld a completriy!new Wnd os diallfengel ■we' sihall have to meet,


t■ As a nation that inrist export o exlsf, Britain knowt ill toere :


Jawa 250c.c. motor-cyCles have been sold by, one firm In Holland at prices well below- theji'home level and Czech.-made 1 dioes which cost!£5 In PrfagUe are selling in Britain for uhdhr £ 1.


spring there was displiyed a Skoda sports model] costing £1,400 In' ; Czechoslovakia', but Priced tb sell at £450[ ih . Ger­ many. ^ore than 20,0D0^Czech.


highly-discipllried labour force on earth.


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unions make greater oiitp It the first priority 'and have no bptlon


munlst . countries


that shorter hours, more holidays ail(i higher, later.


If I my husband came back home Iwlth' his bald patch tinted :]|)lue.


The thought of how my^ man -woiild look fairly makes me grizzle; p !


If he wore; a layer of rachelle bristle.;


rose- a-top his blue black


And I, for one, would certainly run right off the fails '


I'


I’m' sure they’d say that-he’d .climbed I right up the J>ole,


If he eyed! his wOfkmates; early mbrn, through lushes blacked vrith kohl. 1.


i


I know they’d wonder, [were tl^ey wojrking with a freak-


And what would the bar­ maid think had ever iome to pass, - I ■ ! , [ ■


If! he downed h is ' pint of Guinness and left! lipstick pn the glass I '


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ceptlonaly dry for long spells It I Is. almost Impossible for the contractor to' tell his cllfents


[Unless the weather Is ex-


Whilst wefrp on the, subject, . need; l [ mention the pay packet?' I ' A


Oh, no, Jimmy dear, let’s liave things a|s they are meMt, It’s him as wears the tro&ers


and It’s me as wears'The scent! (; " i ' -


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House, Claremont i Avenue, Clltheroe, jthe.home of Dr. i Mrs! w. D. Oliver.


arranged py, the CUthetoe branch of the United Nat Asspclatlonj; ; £48,13s, „„„ raised to. 'send volunteer^ to refugee worl^ camps In Ger­ many and. Aiutria. 'The: evenl; was' held at Foy


At a recent garden pirty JCHIO 3'; rasiSMkito.


I t will only stand for one bf us to Jolntjhe “beauty racket.”


ihi; loaf w ith more and mo ‘Veget


lOJ the re dai by


If he turned up at the offlce arid reeked Pf ‘Hypnotlque’.


If he swapped his bright, tan, nicotine stains for scarlet- painted | nails.


i wages may come E. at DAVIES


Oh. dear,- Jlmlfel, l don’t [know what I’d do


unions who are demanding more leisure and higher wages cannot be 'I'unawOTe' tha t. In: the Com- ’tn d


British e n g 1 n e e r1 h g|' trade thC „i|aue but to accept the State’s decree


is selling at cut-prices 4bi*dad'to establish her products! in- the frefe 'world markets, and (Jhlnese bicycles—;not to mention rainese textUeS—signify China’i emerg­ ence' in [world trade wU& the largest, ,[ cheapest, arid kmost


In othCT words; CzeChosidv^Ua


from £18,638,000 in iteo £12,756,000 in 1958. ■ At the Geneva motor s how in


cept for tyres, are being ^pped i to Singapore, invoiced at £4 16s'. • 3d. each( which probably explains why British bicycle ' exports to that market have hose-dived


(Chinese bicycles, comp;ete ek-!


right ^nses must wriopmc the expansion of Anglo-RuMihnjjrade we would do well tq iote' the changing tempo of nmfld com­ petition now that the (Xitnmunist


Sir,-|-Whlle everybody [in their Ife will dpcribe ilhe trip


arid the jamboree, in I articles written specially for the “Ad­ vertiser and ’Timesl”


NETBALL Lab week


si week’s results risults


Trojans 7, Tnitex 8; .!Wes Moor Lane 11


Sputniks i|.. Wesley '.iJ.. Trojans .11.. Moor Lane Trutex Searsons ,.. Ribhlesdallani


Next


Monday: Wesley y,


Thursday: iVloor Larie vl Trojans


Tuesday: [ TTutex y.


Sputniks arsons


I Sputniks 20 ey 23 i Sputniks 31


league TABLE P.


.. 9 . . 10 .. 8 .. 9 .. 8 7


.. 7 k’s fill


W. D. L.Pt. 9 0 19 18 9 0 ,1 -18 4 0 4 8 3 1 15 7 2 1 5 5 1 0 6 2 0 0 7 0


morning | fof L6ndon on the first stage of his journey to the Philippine Islands, where be will feprescnt the Scouts


Leaving, Clitheroe-to-morrow I


Jonn’;, off to thelUrS


OTJR ,{C03UNniYSlDE.


AS the Island of Mull has no IrMpgiilsed ,


trans­


port, iCof Betts offered.to cdll op rile the following day and take me'ifb- a.'polnt on his esi- tate not far from Loch Spelv^;, He had previously commjented! on some; interesting 'features of th0 area which he was sure would be worth seeing.!’ AU this had me luU of eager anti­ cipation ' and,. after al very early Iwahc-and a.good break-b fast, il- whs at the. meeting place I in good time.


Thq Weather was simply


.wonderful, ■with scarcely a cloud; in'the deep blue sky and a clear intensity which! is so characteristic In these parts. The air Is very clear and soon appreciated by an exposure meter.' ‘it'was quite. p^Ible to'‘take a colour photograph at twice the speed as , that necessary in Rlbblesdaie; This feature was also'noticeable In ItS; effect on the sheep which were almost white In contrast to the dqsky .fellows ctt our


10 a;m. -we were following al' deep pbrrJe, well-wooded :ln Its lower parts with small; oakj


own fells; :Soon we. werel I pass­ ing, through rough open c6un-i try towards' the impressive hulk ,of Ben’ Creach domlnaJ ting [the scene above |Loch Ulsg ^nd Loch Spelve, and by


birch and [alder. . The 'going


was hard with the sun [beati ing mercilessly on the back of my heqk.! We- halted i andj pointing down to a position! actually twenty feet


ard. It held two chicks for some [considerable ____ were oblivious to our preience. Then' one i fellow looked up! and seemed very surprised that ^ human should be view-! ing fi’om above.


buzz4 which time!


STAGS GRAZING


'\?UE did not, however] stay | ;oo loiig, but cut out at


right angles to the corrie to where fresh green bra'cken


gave soine cover. It was! hot, very hot, so we'sat admiring the vionderful view far tielow of ths deep blue water (if the Loch. To the east, where the waters met jthe sea, lay the mountains of Argyll with Ben Cruachan injthe distance. All this, jbeautiful as It waS, did not hold the!attention aisi' far


three stags quietly grazing


BY NATURALIffr


. early evening. I stayed) watch-^ Ing the red deer and buzzards


i ' i*


near a darker , p a t c h V of heather. We ' watched for some time, until my com­ panion said he would;l6ave iae; so that 1 could Cjtpiore’ the region at my leisure and slowly!return to his home'by


on the Isle of _


! : SITTING bUL^ .the nareow. road


Here thelcommoii ^ nest^


, soaUng over the corrie, and Instead of my Intended half- hour L remained until noon. I was then reluctant to leave for as I lay on the warm grass the delightful scent 'of bog myrtle filled the air and soon the desire for strenuous -ex­ ploration left me. The stags, were also In the same mood and soon lay on an outcrop of stone. They made a pleasing


attempted to lead me firom their territory with all sorts of subterfuge. Yellow iris fringed the foreshore and as I again


continued, the words' of a


wher^lwe stood, I was able .to, see-the large nest of a ‘—


from!


fellow, traveller at Mlshnish came to mind. “In order," he said, “to get the ‘feel’ of any place, you must walk.” He had left his car to examine the i ground beneath his feet. Cer- I talnly a good philosophy.


I


Loch pnd finding a good stie.tch ' of seaweed-covered MbWes, I took out my lunch. Hb^ good those sandwiches tasted and what an appetite I had ! 'Then, in n6 hiirry, off came my boots to cool my ex­ tremities In the cool clear water. Oyster catchers called anxiously and ringed i plover


sight with their antlers still In velvet. llhen I went down ! to the


a hblglit !of 20 ft.


It Is weu-dlstributw a sT ^H on Loch Spelve;arid.brl.a Island ori' Loch Don. As 'll came to^the pbfa nsula I saw two or tflree blrcJs'iittlng;'^


;the grills had vahlsHed but il- wmei arilved


I only to fli)^ {;hey I tlrtg on ^mpty iesiT^'ObvI- j o^ly they had bebn robbed biy


iKmgf*


[more Interested {n.lthe than In keeping


you can imagine when thelre, flftee and resting on th' tw() drake' elders.


the edge. As usual, i w'£^ view


As the Jetty offered a gooi ^ Loch I approach^


i water'weije


watch. ■ So myi feelings t friet below


to skirt [ a fine knoll, well wooded and the narint bf the buzzards, j I was Iglrid .of the shade and at efery bum |l


took a drink and had A re­ freshing splash. It was a da^ to remember both for the


weather, the variety of wil'd life and, above all, the glori­ ous scenery. Hajd It beeh cooler, and my jllmbs mo/e


energetic, [I could have seen the ptarmigan.


m B I S T im iV E m O E R H . . . I I F IR E P LAC E S V IS IT O U ll SHOWROSMS i!


k Here the road left the Lock


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Rililtle.ydley Leaji Die i o well bboc KriAu , V. ICHATBtl


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de ,claring. IM fb:


League iW r s ^ a t b u win over Brock Vsilley


iBattlng


Bide, only ten [of ivhom b could make [only 53 to give i bum victory by 73 jninsj


tet.lOhatbum pj ^ e iwlckets l In reply thb ho


BrockbaU;: E. Hayton £ Y/ardeif; Iri T.! Baxendke


B ’odertek 0; J. : Holden ' CooUcaa 23; M. Holderi ii| Brltdifle (i; J . ! (k)nboy -3 Aiderton not ,buti2. fctt Total 53(


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W. Tomlinson . - — |- Hiwden 8-^ i—13-3; 4-0-16^1; A. .Turbin


- 3- 3; R. Atk 851 3 12


Aljkinson 8; J. Atkirisori] Stevens 0; Burgess! not oull r I Harrison 5; iJ. Howdtn la Riwson not ouf-2; W. Tomlil 9. Total- fer 9! wkts. dec,, l |


Bajiton 11—: 5^ 0 -2 8 -1 .


Chatbiim: A. Turpin 4i | Tpipin l4; T.! Grosvenbr 41


k Ooolicin 11- 0—35-51 -^3—31 V.BrodI


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nngs.i 9ct. from £1/17/6; J ^ /6 : 22clj. £3/3/0. In r f ■ ■ ■ fancy; aeslgnB. -


aceted and In platinum. , MERCHANT, [ !


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