Clitheroe 22321 Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331JClassified) 10 ' Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, March 28th, 1985 ASHKO’ COMPOUND
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FOR Little Mitton fanner Colin Middle- ton, “Happiness is . . . Holstein-shaped” . Colin (32), has 131 of
the beauties at Little Mitton Hall Farm and
by Alan Barnes
they recently helped him to f iv e m a g n i f ic e n t trophies awarded by the Lancashire Milk Records Board. At the prize ceremony
at Blackpool’ s Winter Gardens, Colin seemed to be up and down all night collecting his cups.
Milk from Colin’s ani
mals gained top prizes for fat and protein content and the highest average production in three con secutive lactations. In the bull progeny
group, the four offspring of the same sire with the highest production points, brought Colin a fourth
place. However, the most co
veted prize was top spot in the British Holstein Production Inspection competition. Colin hails from Dow-
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been 60 per cent Holstein and the rest beef bull.
Heifers are calved when they are two. Star of the herd is “Mit-
tonvale Rocket Stickle” , bought from a Canadian family, which produced 85 tonnes of milk in its first six lactations. Colin jok ingly calls it “the freak” , because of its production capabilities.
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ' * * * * * '* * * * * * * ' * * * THE C< Colin with his herd Holsteins are noted for
higher than average milk production but only aver age quality. The extraordinary thing
about Colin’s herd is that it has achieved a higher yield and a higher percen tage of fat and proteins th rou gh his fe e d in g methods and manage ment.
Feeding is based on
silage of as high a quality1 as possible. Cows are fed through a diet feeder with a mix of silage, sugarbeet, molasses, maize gluten and Dugdale’s feedstuffs.
Colin constantly adjusts
feeding according to the cows’ individual appetites and conditions, but he makes sure that his herd always has feed available.
MANY aspects of farming life, from animal husbandry to preparing stock for show ana weed con trol, to handling paper work, are all covered; by courses run by the Bowland Farmers’ Training Group. The local group is one
of 12 in Lancashire run by farmers with the aid of the Agricultural Training Board.
The Bowland Group,
the first to be established in the county, comprises mainly livestock farmers who have joined together to provide training for themselves, staf f and families. Chairman is Mr Isaac
Moorhouse, o f Lower New House Farm, Wad- dington. For a fee of £20 a year
“ If cows are without
their silage ration for even a short time, then the yield will drop,” said Colin, who does all the milking himself . . . usual ly while listening to pop music!
Popular music is Colin’s
greatest love . . . apart from the odd game of snooker with pals who pop round to his beautiful house.
“ It’s a full-time job
looking after the herd,” he said. “ Sometimes I think I must be crazy rising at five to start the day’s milking programme. “ It’s mainly a matter of
feeding the right thing at the right time. If the ani mals are contented, then problems are very few.”
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course programme is now being organised and mem bers have been asked to suggest topics. New mem b ers are
always welcome, as the larger the numbers, the more varied the prog ramme. Group training organ
iser is Lynne Hudgell (Clitheroe 24400).
CONFERENCE ON ACT
A CONFERENCE on the Agricultural Holdings Act 1981,, introduced to halt the decline in the number of rented farmholdings, is being held at Myerscough, Preston, on April 18th. The organisers, the Tenant Farmers’ Association, says the Act offers a new begin ning in tenant-landlord relationships and could have far-reaching implications.
HARRISONS WELDING AND ENGINEERING SUPPLIES
SIR RICHARD For, if farmers
cannot acquire quota, then they cannot start milk production and they cannot expand the business. Agriculture Minister Mr Michael Jopling has
just announced that he will pursue flexibility by including arrange ments for quota to be leased. NFU president Sir
Richard Butler is un happy with this deci sion, particularly be cause it places the tenant-farmer, without whose efforts there would be no quota, at the mercy of the land lord. “Tenant farmers, like
owner-occupiers, have a right to quota. How ever, under the present rules, if they leave their holdings, they lose their quota,” said
Sir Richard. “ This is clearly
unfair and the EC reg ulations should be al tered to attribute quota to the producer, while allowing a fair division of the value of the quota between landlord and tenant. “ I must call upon the
Minister to reconsider his decision and per suade the EC Council of Ministers to allow more flexibility in the management of milk, quota. The rights of the tenant-farmers must be protected and the UK dairy industry allowed to respond efficiently to future development,” said Sir Richard.
TRYING out equipment are (from the left): Adrian Bell, a scanner, Peter Wood, of Harrop Fold Farm, Geoff Dinsdale, of Cuttock Clough Farm, and Eric Fox, of Myerscough College
THE EWES HAVE NO SECRETS NOW
VISITORS to an open day at the Lancashire College of Agriculture Farm at Dinkling Green recently were surprised to see a sign outsider one shed saying “ Pregnancy Scanning.”
Ultrasonic scans to
check on the growth of human babies are routine. But this year has seen the development of new tech nology to enable ultra sound scanners to be used on the farm.
The equipment has
been designed specifically for use with sheep. It is not used to check the de velopment of the lamb but simply to identify those ewes which are in lamb and to see how many lambs each ewe is car rying.
The technique has been
developed at the Hill Farm Research Organisa tion situated just outside Edinburgh. To be really useful, the information from the scanner has to be accurate and there has been a lengthy develop ment period during which ewes have been scanned and the actual lambing result compared with the predicted lambing result.!
Some operators can
identify ewes in lamb and those not in lamb with virtually 100% accuracy and they can, say which ewes are carrying singles
or twins with nearly the same accuracy.
To obtain this level of
a c c u r a c y , a s k i l le d operator is needed. This together with the cost of the machine make it a contractor’ s job . Most people offering a scanning service have been on a special training course.
Ewes can be scanned at
between 50 and 100 days into pregnancy. The ewes’
belly, just in front of the udder, must be shorn. The ewe is then laid on her back in a deck chair like contraption and the scanner is moved over the abdomen.
To ensure good trans
mission of sound, veget able oil is rubbed on the skin. The scanner itself consists of a transducer — a rectangular box which is moved over the abdomen, and a small screen on which the image is dis played.
A team of three men is
needed; one to catch ewes and shear the belly, one to do the scanning and one to load the ewes on to the crate and, most im portant, to mark them to show the result.
A well-organised team
can deal with 400 ewes a day. The charge for scan-, ning at the moment is about 50p for each ewe. To be worthwhile the
farmer has to use this in formation to improve his m a n a g em en t and,
hopefully, his profita bility.
However, the ewe is on
his side in this because the foetus makes 70% of its growth in the last six weeks of pregnancy.
This is when correct
feeding is vital and can be arranged if you know how many lambs your ewes are carrying. Knowing which ewes are expecting more than one lamb means you know where to look for trouble at lamb ing time.
The savings come from
low e r fe ed in g co s ts , better lamb survival with more lambs to sell and fewer ewe deaths. For hill flocks with 100 to 120% lambing the increase in gross margin can be bet
ween £1.50 and £3.50. For more intensive
upland and lowland flocks, where lambing can be bet ween 120 to 200%, the benefits range from 29p to £4.80 per ewe. Flocks with lambing
percent around 160 stand to gain most with good management of twin bear ing ewes. Flocks with lambing percent of around 200 tend to have good management anyway and stand to gain less from' scanning.
' ' A lot of ewes in the
Ribble Valley have been scanned this year and we will be looking to see how good the predictions have been.
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THERE are I dairy cows irl all of whom[ industrious! behalf. They need
cording to til Farm Produce! s ta g g e r in g 12,257,000,00(1 liquid milk, gi| the odd pint utilised annualll Statistics frog
tional Food Sul reveal that eacl home, consume! pints of liquid i| involving an penditure of £-1 that milk ini coffee, on ouijj cereals, in sauces, for cul for cool drinks, f Yet, even t)|
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Protect tenant farmers’ rights
THE transfer of quota threatens to be the next big stumbling block for the industry. At the moment it can
only be transferred when there is also a transfer of land. This lack o f f lexib ility threatens, in the words of the Ministry of Ag riculture, to “fossilise the industry.”
FROM a c; bubbling Whalley, th modern s being brrl thousands oi! mers in t west.
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