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Gisburn Auction Mart prices
THERE were 60 newly-calved'
•SroWs and heifers making, to £950 and £1,280 respectively. Second quality cows made to
dairy cows and heifers forward at Gisburn Auction Mart on April 17th, with first quality
£890, average £671.35, and second quality heifers reached
(101.9p). Homed Ewes made to £53.50 (£34.22), others to £77.50 (£45.15), rams to £73.50 (£57.42).
straw forward with wheat straw making to £25 per tonne and barley reaching £36 per tonne. At the Beacon North West
There were 32.33 tonnes of ,
£1,021.45 (£751.33). Of the 18 in-calf dairy cows
I under lour weeks old among the 77 forward was for a Belgian Blue bull, £268, J.C. Roberts, and for a Charolais heifer, £118,R.L. Wolfenden. Top price for a Friesian bull was £110,
and heifers forward, cows due in July made to £960 (£810), heifere due June to £660 (£655) and heif ers due July £900 (£670). Top prices for rearing calves
| F.W. Hanson.
i Charolais cross bull calves made to £210 (£169), heifers to £118 (£91.50), Limousin cross bull calves to £230 (£140.40), heifers to £85 (£62.20), Belgian Blue cross bull calves to £2b8 (£188.60), heifers to £110 (£79.60), Simmental cross heifer calves to £72, Friesian bull calves to £110 (£89.90), heifere c to £9 (£6), Angus cross bull
| (£22).
I In the fatstock section there were 257 cattle forward, includ ing 177 young bulls and 80 steers and heifers. Top sale and 1 kilo price for a bull was 510kg
I and top kilo price 470k 113.5p = £533.45
Wallbank. Continental light bulls made
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I Continental medium steers made to 107.5p (97.0p), heavy to 108.5p (98.7p), other medium steers to 81.5p, other heavy to 84.5p (81.5p). Continental light heifers made to 102.5p (89.5p), medium to 113.5p (89.8p), heavy to 108.5p (89.3p), other light heifers to 83.5p, other heavy to
(86.5p), other medium to 91.5p (8 ‘82.up), other heavy 94.5p (8i1..4p).
(86.5p), other medium to 91.5p I than the one burning coal. Oth
light
to 89.6p 5p
the pollution discharged from each of its kilns dur- A spokesman for CasUe Cement said um Th figures a re the company’s own calculations oi
Cemfuel, than from lain seven which bums coal. Ribble Valley Airwatch also says that Castle
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forward, including 82 lambs, 294 hoggs and 201 ewes and rams. Standard lambs made to 157.4p-
(148.6p), medium to 147.6p (140.8p), light hoggs to 118.Ip (112.3p), standard to 133.3p (118.9p), medium to 135.3p (117.7j)), heavy to 109.Ip (105.0p), overweight to 105.1p
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which are to reward vil lage communities that demonstrate ability and effort to enhance aspects of their environment,
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LEATHER SUITES
in February" of this year and that the sulphur dioxide in reuiuoiy
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rimVonThe-two kilns in question was exceedeu on S c e m t e l i s b X g u ^ “ A spokesman for the Ribble Valley branch of ^ r -
kifns in question was exceeded on cn ln h n r dioxide ------- •
said that it was concerned that the Environment basis^ its d^r. ana Agency has allowed the continuing burning atClitheroe.
only be allowed if it is shown that it causes pollution than burning coal.
“The agency has said tha*
CLITHEROE Naturalists went on a trip to the Ruf ford area on Saturday. The walk started at
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““ causes less fluctuations in the raw -material feed to the kilns and the calibration of monitoring equipment,
. . nifhmiirh the company believes the results
arise.from ' . .
Rufford station and fol lowed the bank of the tidal River Douglas and contin ued along a raised cause-
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Cull cow sale ‘worst o f year’
THE auctioneer at Clitheroe £80^50; (£77^93), ovei-all to , he worst of the last year.J . Only three cattle exceeded was described as n otas bu°y- , The market for prime lambs
of plainer bullocks on ofler. Mr Swingler said:“Thank,
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heavens all marts seem to he operating with much lower numbers. If there were a glut of cattle who knows just how long they could go.
the sale was that there was more interest in the cull cow trade and these are only going to be incinerated.”
“The amazing thing about •
Young Continental bulls made to £109.50, average
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( £ 1 0 2 .2 8 ) , m e d ium to £105.50(£101.52), heavy to £107 (£100.60), overall to
£109.50 (£101.46). N a t iv e b u l ls made to
tn
£74.50. medium to £83.50 (£77.7'/), overall
to
(£77.36). Heavy Continental w s t e e r s made
(£88.41). Medium n a tiv e s t e e r s m ade (£79.70), heavy (£73.52), overall (£75.38).
Medium Continental heifers made to £88.50. heavy to
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to £80.50 to £95.50 .
Hnavv Contfnental to
to £83.50 £95.50 £ 95.50
lOOp/kg.' Mr John Swingler ant as it might have been with said th a t the sale was not 150p seeming to have been
helped by the large proportion the norm everywhere, ^ e r e neipeu uj
was a good number of ewes and firm demand.
L ig h t h o g g s made to 123.21p (105.36p), standard to 131.58p (116.43p), medium to 115p (103.45p), heavy to 107.45p (97.12p), overweight to 101.69p (79.33p),overall to 131.58p (108.65p). Light lam b s made to' 1 4 8 .08p (142.05p),standard to 161.97p (144.78p), medium to 139.02p (135.82p). Ewes made to £89(£50.47),rams to £88
(£55.07)'.The suckler and store sale on April 18th saw sucklers
type cows were harder to pidVC. Con inen a , hei er
e ith calves at foot raised from £700 to £770 while in-calf heif-
P^ c e
with a bit of shape or size in demand but smaller A. A.
LlUlttViiiwitinfl^ -----f----s-j foot raised from l
ers for May were all in the £525 to £550. bracket. The| heifer trade was livelier than the previous sale, ■ the best with breeding potential realis ing over £500.
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_______ ___1------------------- LOTS OF BIRDLIFE AT RUFFORD infaroef . . «__i 1_i.
fowl but, more interest ingly, many p airs of
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75.6p (73.2p). T h e re were 577 sheep
Cement’s figures show that dust from the two Cemfuel burning kilns exceeded the limits set by the Environ ment Agency thre5e times last December and six times
“Emission levels from two different kmdsofkilns.a wet process and a newer technology dry P^°c®
bums Cemfuel and coal or coal alone (jemiuei anu um w ^ v
eltsp o k “ n for the Ribble Valley branch^fAir- “Castle: hasreported to t^Environinmit Agency =oiR-“Thp House of Commons Select Committee
daily average
watch said:“The House of c ^ ° f i h p FnvirTment basis ite dust and sulphur dioxide emissions have gone furtherPinformation and this has been supplied
The Agency has askef for
tion, are being compared. Emission ievelsfromeach kiln will remain broadly constant, whether, .the kiln
ss °pe h suDstanuany mguei uum *ui*»
(Gisburn) Electronic Auction for the week ending April 16th there were 2,770 sneep forward, including 342 spring lambs, and 263 cattle, including 158 store cattle. Standard lambs made to 316.5p, medium to 308.0p, stan dard noggs to 282.0p, medium to 285.5p. Steers made to 190.0p, young bulls to 184.0p. heifers to 178.5p. Young store bulls made to £300 and heifers to £255. In the Gisbum Auction Mart
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Spring Show and Sale of in-calf dairy cows and heifers the champion'in-calf heifer made £1,210, A. Calvert and Son. They also took the reserve, at £1.160. Third fetched £950, R.A. Moorhouse.
and heifers forward. Friesian cows made to £800 (£689) and Friesian heifers to £1,210
(£757). alves to £110, heifers to £35 There were. 70 in-calf cows • ■
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1 at 134.5p =* £685.95, J.M. Townsend. Top sale price for steers and heifers was £628.35 at
to lll.Bp (102.2p), medium to 134.5p (102.7p), heavy to 107.5p (90.7p), other
‘Emission figures have been misunderstood’
___ ,■ i ... rr____— ALj-tur flint'. tlolllltlOl THE pressure group Ribble Valley Airwatch kih^ ab„rning'Cemfuel- is°far worse than -from the.
says tliat figures provided by Castle Cement k.]n burning coai, proving v^haVilYtiTTml °nviron- the Environment Agency show th a t itstwo instead of coai is worse fo r .the healthi an P^Jusy:'. kilns burning Cemfuel cause more pollution ment of the people and c h i l d r e n g nw coai 0n kilns “Castle should return to burn g y five and six immediately.
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Estates is the seventh
crested grebe.. One grebe had chicks on her back, which periodically jumped off to swim towards her partner, bringing, small
More Sands Wood Nature seen jays, long-tailed; tits ■Reserve where & rest of and, up . above, a merlin
Auction Mart described the £88 50 (£8M5) W v y native | th e day was spent, t sale of cull cows on Monday as heifers to £60.50 (£59.50).
The reserve is run by the Lancashire Wildlife
Trust and is a large area of former gravel pits now landscaped into several
lakes amongst wwdland with convenient hides for observing the resident w ild life . .Birds seen included the usual water
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Eiir&wlg && SsswUK Rubbish fire ■ ■ "ent
FIRE-FIGHTERS; from Clitheroe-attended- a rub b ish'fire'at” a prominent Ribble .Valley landmark.
' The'f ire at the Well Springs Inn, on the Nick o’ Pendle, took place at 5-10
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