aims up
l e s
gressive approach to ife on the doorstep is 'impson, chairman of
SLOGANS say it all. Fed up with consumer gripes about the cost of food ,a group . of American farmers served up the sage advice: “Don’t criticise farming with your mouth full.”
when so many consumers appear obsessed with the so-called “mountain” and “lakes” of surplus food stocks in Europe, that more thought should be g iv en to food strategic resource.
Perhaps it is timely, as a
ar. but agriculture is a jmp card in the nation’s covery and we must in ahead to help secure e future of British ag- ■ulture,” he says. Les is proud of the sig- icant part the Lanca- ire NFU played in per- ading the Government the need to increase
■ming returns and give creased support for hill •ming. A new deal had also en won for “green top” oducers and the Lanca- ire branch wants to sure minimum upset as result of longer-term
npson, and the late Mrs npson, who farmed at .‘w House, Winmar- gh. He worked on the nily farm until 1952 en he joined the Lanca- re police. He was a
He then became a de- ’hed policeman at xlen, but in 1961 the e of the land proved ■ strong and he took on ; tenancy of Lower rn Farm, Sabden. Ten rs later he moved to
di House Farm. ,es and his wife, mda, have three chil- •n — Stephen (23), lip (21), and Beverley
ibationer at Darwen m moved to Ashton- ler-Lyne.
•vernment proposals. Les is the youngest of ee sons of Mr David
Europe holds stocks of certain staple foods in quantities over and above the Community’s day-to- day appetite. But is it not time that these reserves were labelled as prudent
No one denies that
By David Lloyd, NFU North West Information Officer
iron rations rather than a sort of embarrassing excess baggage in a world where famine is thriving?
crease in the present world population explosion, ac cording to figures emanat ing from the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Or ganisation.
that by the turn of this century there will be 2,000m extra mouths to feed. That is a 25-fold in
Global statistics indicate
cerned with the world’s good housekeeping capaci ty see population outpac-
FAO and others con
A right Royal show day
IF YOU are looking for ward to attending this year’s Royal Lancashire Show, but worried about missing the “wedding of the century” between Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer on July 29th — the second day of
the attraction-packed show — then worry no more. For the organisers of'
Mr Ben Harwood says, there is no need for anyone to consider stay ing at home. The prestigious show,
the show have arranged with a leading TV rental company for colour sets to be placed all over the showground. So, as show secretary
“County Day” for dairy and beef cattle from Lan cashire is being re-intro- duced.
cob classes in the horses and ponies section and a marquee containing an ex hibition of rural crafts.
New this year will be
successfully revived last' year after a five-year break, will be held at Witton Park, Blackburn, from July 28th to 30th, and will be packed with all the favourite features, plus a number of new ones.
jumping on all three days, with winners of a number of the classes qualifying for the Horse of the Year Show and various other shows up and down the country. Spectacular en tertainment will also be held in the main ring throughout the show.
There will be show-
will be £2 each day, but advance tickets, available from various travel agents all over the county, cost only £1. Livestock entries close on June 10th.
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ing production in the food output stakes.
thinking, new technology and new investment — will be ploughed into con verting the world’s waste lands 'into * potential pro tein powerhouses.
Vast resources — new
futuristic background that one asks if, as a. country, Britain recognises the real value of our most tradi tional and fundamental in dustry?
I t is ag a in s t th is
ness with a yearly tur nover of £9,000m. Year in and year out its produc tivity performance has run at double that of in dustry as a whole. Ag riculture has achieved the goal of making two blades of grass grow where one grew before."
Agriculture is big busi
Compared with the mid-20th century, fewer farmers and workers, with better machinery and equipment on a rapid ly reducing “factory floor” are conjuring greater output from the good earth.
today feeding 50 beyond the farm gate.
growers supply 56 per cent of all the food we eat and 70 per cent of all the tem p erate foodstuffs which our land and cli mate enable us to grow.
Britain’s farmers ‘ and
the markers along British agriculture’s march of achievement.
cwt. of wheat to the acre was the norm and only twice prior to 1948 did it top the ton. In 1980 the average was 2‘/i tons. Seven tons of potatoes
to the acre was first achieved in 1908, eight
In the last century 16 These are just some of One man on the land is
■.tons. Pre-war, the average
tons in 1953; nine tons in 1961; and 10 in 1965. In 1980 the yield was 131/2
dairy cow gave 540 gal lons of milk. Today it is 1,038 gallons. The pre-war hen laid
Jil
149 eggs . . . the 1980 model produces 248.
another perspective. One hectare — that’s about the size of a football pitch — in Britain produces each year, on average:
Let us look at output in
IT’S all go at dipping time on this Ribble Valley farm. ■ j j r ?
a*. kg.
19,000 pints). Potatoes — 34,000 kg. Wheat — 5.1 tonnes. Sugar — 4,850 kg. Tomatoes — 135,400
our farms today mean less home-produced food in our shops in due course. The writing is on the wall . . . and this in a world where hunger is on the march.
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breeding herds were down . . . the total pig breeding herd was down . . . and so, too, was the egg-laying flock. Only in the sheep and poultry meat sectors were in creases reported. Gaps in the livestock on
the Ministry of Agricul ture’s provisional returns for December, 1980 — charts farming’s crisis of confidence. The beef and dairy
went up 14 per cent com pared with less than 6 per cent on farm gate prices. For comparison the retail price of food rose by 12 per cent. Latest official data —
an industry that is ack nowledged to be resilient and resourceful, is also at risk. A dramatic down turn in its fortunes — real-term incomes have been halved in four years — means bank borrowing has rocketed . . . invest ment has fallen . . . and livestock numbers have dropped in a number of key sectors. Last year input prices
Carrots — 30,800 kg. Apples — 10,300 kg. Beef — 0,350 kg. But British agriculture,
Milk — 7,900 litres (or
Bowland batt lea g a i ns t blood-sucking pest
SHEEP . ticks cause heavy losses of lambs and young grouse. Up to 20 per cent of the lamb crop is lost every year on heavily infested land. The effect on grouse is a serious threat to its survival, giving con cern to naturalists and shooting interests.
riculture’s Advisory Ser vice (ADAS) has recently started a tick-control programme in the Trough of Bowland and the fells of Over Wyresdale and Bleasdale.
The Ministry of Ag
colour of ticks depends on stage of growth and whether or not they have recently drawn blood. The adult has a brown, leath ery, oval-shaped body of about 3mm long, a small head and four pairs of legs. On drawing blood
ing insect that lives in deep matted, long vegeta tion such as mature heather and dense brack en. Its survival is depen dant on moisture and a number of hosts to com plete its life cycle. The size, shape and
The tick is a blood-suck
BY HUGH M EDWARDS, AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY OFFICER, ACCRINGTON
about 2,000 eggs in deep vegetation. The eggs hatch to produce larvae which develop into nymphs before changing
the body expands to' 5mm or more and changes colour to blue. The adult female lays
stoat, rabbit, grouse and crow. Adults need to find larger mammals which are normally sheep. The suck of blood takes only a few days after which the tick drops off to live in the vegetation. The amount of blood
in warm, damp weather, particularly in May to June and August to Sep tember. It climbs up long vegetation to clutch a host. Larvae and nymphs usually find small mam mals and birds such as
a year and is dependent on one suck of blood from roaming animals. As ticks cannot travel very far on their own, the adults rely on finding the same host for mating. The male dies soon afterwards, and the female dies once the eggs are shed. The tick is most active
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' lambs. They do not thrive until a natural resistance is developed but many die. As yet there is no practical and effective method of combating the t ick and a s so c ia ted disease. ADAS in conjunction
sucked is not significant but in doing so the tick spreads disease from one host to another. Tick dis eases cause sluggishness and lameness of young
just before each period of tick activity: in May and August. Each sheep will then act as a tick trap and eventually over a period Of four years or so it is hoped that the tick popu lation will be reduced to a level that will not cause significant losses. .
cently become possible with ' the introduction of dips that remain effective for longer periods of time. The fanners normally dip their sheep at other times of the year for other reasons but their time is not effective in relation to peak periods of. tick ac tivity.
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extra work involved iri gathering and dipping sheep. ADAS is acting as co -o rd in a to r and is monitoring results. The cost of extra dip for the period of the scheme ;is shared by the landowners and. Ministry of Agricul ture. All parties involved are
; proach for other areas in the country which are suf fering from harmful ef fects of ticks.
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