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- especially in. North West r in the low-


struction which to be aggra-


enormous and should en- to h alt this


a result of the eonomic reces-


ler stress, are Be.


is little doubt nted pets, some dumped' as budgets have


illers. It is esti- at in Liverpool number of un­ pets runs at


p e ts become ,000.


[Section 1 of the f tection of Lives-


livestock. The lldlife and Coup­ le t extends the I of worrying. I.v triple-pronged says that wor-


1953 it is an allow a dog to


jms: [tacking lives-


liab ly be ex- lto cause injury Ffering to the ck, or, in the


^asing livestock a way as may


If females, an In, or loss of or lition in their Be.


J close control) Idd or enclosure lich there are


king a t large |j to say not on or otherwise


lion carries a fine J200. pw “on a lead” ,3nt only exempts sheep dogs; gun dogs and


Farmers really do care about the countryside


SPRING- is the time of the year when mil­ lions of urban feet step out into the coun­ tryside. It is also the. time of year when conflict can sometimes arise over misunder­ standing of rural guidelines.


come public interest in the countryside as a fun­ damental part of the na­ tion’s food production fine and in the North West the National Farmers’ Union, the Countryside


Farmers generally wel­


by David Lloyd, NFU North West Information Officer


destroyed in Britain every year are just not true.


is t of the Ordnance- fields' and the lengths of


Commission and local au- 1 .them adding up to a-total thorities have laid on spe-


cial open days __ ______ better basis of under­ standing.


is the public’s wrongful assumption that land ,in such areas as the National Parks is public property. The vast majority of land * is in private hands and, apart from authorised access, is as private as an urban owner-occupier’s back garden.


But the biggest hurdle


are also made alleging th a t modern farming methods are ruining the countryside.


Sweeping statements Not true Union.


issue of “British Farmer and Stockbreeder’,’ the of­ ficial journal of the NFU. S ir R ich a rd s ta te s : “Claims that up to . 2,500 miles of hedgerow are


liounds. liphasis is on con-


logs — and does Inpt a springer |>r retriever nor dogs generally,


w o rk in g of


[ler chasing hares a sheep field hot be seen as


' tions of previous years, plus a number of new ones, will be included in this year’s Royal Lanca­ shire A'gricultural Show, at Witton Park, Black­ burn, from July 27th to 29th. Admission will be £2


ALL the popular attrac- vs to create, a' . ElaPd and Wales m 1981, examDie. that 0«e out of


hedges 5"


L i ? commonly repeated, for


or in .1980 or 1979? Survey


We' shall never see such a list. The simple truth is that hedgerow removal has taken place mainly in the eastern, arable coun­ ties and has now virtually ceased. With the increase in the area planted to cereals we are now seeing the removal of - some hedges in the West Mid­ lands and the south-west, but this is only on a rela­ tively small scale, and in an area that has had a far greater density of hedges


“One . thing, is certain.


a u th o r i ty th a n S ir the first place. Richard Butler, president of the' National Farmers’


Not so, says no less an ' than the eastern region in in 1972 was said to have


ally pointed out that this «wnn Dwnlr_un11mr


wic omvwjr wwww.


‘A survey made to the' war< This figure was north east of Cambridge


,


His viewpoint was fore- * found that 40 per cent of ibly expressed in a recent the area’s hedgerows


in our faces: the 24 million hedgerow trees reputedly i feilliea Dy l fanii


figure d


“Take y e t another frequently thrown


by


the extraordinary process of


were taken out between 1945 and 1972. On the contrary the survey actu-


area — Prick-willow — is in the fens, an area that


S um m e r ',sh ow s


pared to sell tickets should contact show sec­ retary Mr Ben Harwood (Preston 21626). The • ad­ mission rate for senior citizens and children up to 15 will be 50p. Chipping Show is set


each day, but- only £1 in advance, and anyone in the Ribble Valley pre­


apparently simply in


1972 and then of y f z 1C . _ _ ________


to a survey carried out in 1951 by the Forestry Commission of hedgerow and parkland trees suit­ able for the timber in­ dustry! “I do not know, and nor


resultant, hotchpotch nJ


a m ib


gether the results of sur­ veys areas


obtained lumping


to­


several' different the


country in applying


rmers i


since by


removed i


l “Can anyone provide a. S ^T n o t*M e a su re d ’ in Survey numbers . of the the survey-'


never had any hedges anyway, and- . th e hedgerow removal was ' ' '


,, measurea from __ ________


•Much-the samb applies- to the many other mythi-


passed into folklore. It is


'statisti“s which' have . - to folklore. It is


the other side of the. ac­ count. I know tha£ many trees are being planted. It is not a net joss; it is a net gain.. It is not a disas­ ter story 'at all; it is a success story. And it is a • story that is being repe­


ated many times'. > ' “In some’respects, the


'then far more areas of forest." Another fairly im­ p o r ta n t d i f fe r e n c e ,- though, is that agriculture


recent creation of larger, more open fields has re­ turned the countryside to something of its appear­ ance in the Middle Ages before' the ' enclosure movement. The main dif­ ference's that there were


. example, that, one out of every 10 Sites'of Special • Scientific Interest- (SSSI) is being, critically dam­ aged every year.' ., ■ ■ ! “The area actually dam-


' aged; was 0.7 per cent of the ' total in 1980, the year of the one survey referred -to. I find it amazing that this is de­ scribed as' ‘critical’, par- : ticularly when only half was 'due to agriculture. But, of,course, to say that 0.35 per cent of SSSI were damaged by farmers in 1980 is not news.


Dutch elm


i then had only to support a ■population estimated at around 2'/2 million.


Population


. peared (not without con­ siderable misgivings by the ‘conservationists’ of the time) the need to fell, timber for fuel, for house­ building and ship-building had done away with the g r e a te r p a r t .of the medieval forests. ' By then, the middle of


sure movement, had been- completed and the open ' field system had disap-


“By the time the enclo­


the last century, agricul­ ture was being asked to


feed a population of about. 18 million. “Today, we have a


population that has grown to 56 million, with its vastly greater need for land for development: as well as its vastly greater need for food. That is the., background against which th e d ev e lo pm en t of modern farming must be


judged.


' burn, will be on Sep­ tember Uth.


for August 28th and the Hodder. Valley Show, to be held this year at Slaid-


does anyone else, the to ta l net 'f a l l in the number of hedgerow trees in England and Wales since the war, but I think that Dutch elm disease has killed more healthy trees than farmers have felled. “The public is constant­


ly being told about the losses without being given


. about it, they are quietly getting on with the job of planting trees, creating conservation areas, work­ ing in Farming and Wild­ life Advisory Groups and showing how good farm­ ing and really practical wildlife conservation can be integrated successfully. “It is about-time we got credit for caring for the countryside.”


ground against which a greater number of far­ mers are actively leading conservation. They are not making a great fuss


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Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, April 1st, 1982 11


The fleece is golden for Mary


' ..... •*


- skills have given her the •chance to extensively ■ widen her horizons, with trips to 'New Zealand as well as a short period working in.Norway.


■ Mary Coupland, of Laneside Farm, qualified as a shearing instructor in Scotland about four years ago and since then her


A WEST Bradford farmer’s .daughter has the distinction of being the only woman in Britain to gain the Gold Seal award for sheep shearing.


shearing equipment busi­ ness.' ■


ing contractor in the Lan­ cashire-Yorkshire area for


Mary has been a shear­ ' .


a number of years now and as a-British Wool Marketing Board shearing instructor she has taught on several local courses. Her Gold Seal award


was presented when she completed a scheme intro­ duced by the Wool Board for experienced shearers wishing to improve their shearing quality and speed. To hold the Gold Seal


- people in Norway that she was invited to return later this year for the full two-month sheep shearing season, an offer which she


' In fact, -her shearing skill so impressed the


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Is still considering because of possible commitments ■with her ' fencing and


IT IS becoming, more and more difficult to farm profitably! Good qual ity forage — grass, silage or hay — can, without doubt, increase the margin from both sheep and


Reseed to improve grassland — by— ----■


——-


cattle. Re-seeding grassland is


seeding have long been known:—


select the right type of grass for a particular job.


• The farmer , can -


more vigour and pro­ duces a higher- yield..


• The new ley has


lead to an earlier and longer growing season.


9 Re-seeding can


diet is achieved in terms of energy and di­ gestibility.


9 A better quality


response to fertilisers; which are not cheap today.


9 There is a better


W. J.Lambourn, Agricultural Advisory Officer


one way of improving both the quality and quan­ tity of grassland.


The advantages of re­


disadvantages, and' one of these is the cost of establ­ ishing new grasses — a cost which can be in excess of.£100 per acre. Also there is a loss of production during the all too short growing season. The re-seed takes at least eight weeks to establish, during which no produc­ tion is obtained.


However, there are also


■ there is a much higher risk of failure. Cultiva­ tions are difficult, and the original grasses often sur­


In areas of higher rain­ fall such as Clitheroe


vive. Thus the re-seed is a mixture of the sown grasses and the survivors.


One must- admit that the farmer in the grassland


award at all is a rare dis­ tinction among shearers, but Mary’s achievement is unique 1 Female sheep shearers, however, are not as thin on the ground as they were when Mary first took up the job. But now farmers’ daughters up and down the country are in­ creasingly picking up the


art.


the ground has been sof­ tened up by cultivations.


seeds into unbroken ground are now available. This method leaves the soil firm so that wheel or hoof damage is minimised. Good results have been obtained locally. Competi­ tion from the existing sward has been minimised either by surface cultiva­ tions or by chemical methods. Success relies on attention to detail.


Drills for direct drilling,


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phosphate and potash levels in the soil must be adequate. Slug pellets should be sown with the


Drainage must be good,


costly machines and prac­ tised skill is required, the .---- „.


As direct drills are


areas is not so skilled in cultivations as his arable counterpart. There is also the problem of poaching by wheel or by hoof when


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