NOVEMBER 2002
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NOVEMBER 2002
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The gauge holds up to 125mm but the way
December is starting perhaps this month it will
This lady arrived on a Monday morning just
as things were late anyway so one more that morning made little difference
and it was someone to talk to instead of just the cows she was however
camera shy.
We bought it from a farm about 40 miles
away and I drove it home one Sunday and it took 1hour 40 minutes.
Last month saw Paul acting this month was
Simon, Hannah and Lucy's turn in a Middlewich young farmers production
called "The Farmer Wants a Wife" click here for a full report.
Click
here for the nature report with due to the mild weather a not so
sleepy squirrel. Happy birthday to Hannah 16 on the 25th
her party is here in the cellar next month after Herself , Simon and
Lucy have finished their GCSE mock examinations (good luck to all!)
pictures next month!!!! Finally WE
All HOPE YOU
HAVE
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111mm
of rain this month and most fell during the first 2 weeks making me
think that I would end up emptying the gauge before the month was over.
However this did not quite happen. 
We
held the annual bonfire night on the 2nd and actually managed the only
2 dry hours of the day when we lit the fire click here for more.
Last
month we were inspected by our dairy company and we now have this certificate
to show we passed on the 4th we had another inspection this time the
dairy inspector from the government (DEFRA Department for environment
food and rural affairs). 
The
cows are now in for the winter and these pictures show the difference
between maize (right) and grass silage. They certainly seem happy 
with
both as this picture shows.
This
year we have to buy all the bedding straw and here is our supplier Matthew
with our first load. 
Smidge
thought the big new tractor far better than any of ours and took a place
on the seat.
The
Fiat tractor has developed a "terminal" gearbox problem and
so this month has seen us buy this International tractor it is a 1982
model and will do for what we will need. 
First
job muckspreading and Webby was on had with camera however a broken
wheel centre on the loader left me groping about in the slurry much
to his amusement. ( I was very sympathetic Ha ha ha ha... Click 
Finally
after missing last year due to the foot and mouth restrictions we have
had our first reminder that Christmas is not so far away. Paul (another
one) owner of the Booseys garden centre in Middlewich has been for his
2 bales of straw. 
Paul
is like Santa he usually visits once a year and like Santa he has Reindeer
at Christmas. They come every year and here they are at a pre flight
check before flying home to Santa for Christmas Eve.