Buzzer:
Couple loading ships stores yesterday, Buzzer.
Good news Buzzer,does that mean we might get some more pics of the cruise ships ? 
pete smith:
Buzzer:
Well I am allowed to tell you all now as it is on general release that Davies International in our 50th year of trading has placed an order for ten new Scania S500’s to arrive later this year and will replace the existing fleet which is of 2014 vintage, this should keep the drivers happy as they all thought we were going to buy MAN’s so keep on Gelling boys they will be here soon enough, Chairs Buzzer.Morning Buzzer,
Nice to see that D.I.T has passed on to the next generation successfully and placed the order for 10 new units, it don’t seem like 7 years have passed since your lads appeared in the Scania magazine when those R480’s were new!
One of your FH’s from FB, Cheer’s Pete
Who’s is that scabby motor parked next to the DIT Volvo ? Anon 1. 
wrighty:
DEANB:
wrighty:
Evening BuzzerWell that was a bloody average week, last Sunday the land was drying up grand just like soft plasticine then by Tuesday it was back to soup. Another wet week and to top it off we had snow,hail wind and rain yesterday. On a brighter note the lambing seems to be going ok( too many triplets though) and we are calving steady away so not all bad, back to it tomorrow with a local load down to Garstang then not sure where…
Cheers Wrighty.
Morning Wrighty, Out of intrest what is the problem with having too may triplets ? Would have thought the more the better
but obviously not ?With regard to the long concrete trough. It was too shallow for a sheep dip so i am pretty sure it was a feeding trough.
Afternoon DEANB
The problem with triplets is that a ewe has 2 teats, ideally one for each lamb when you have three they have to fight for every drop of milk and generally don’t thrive. It also takes more out of the ewe and very few can raise three successfully, when one has a single lamb we always try to take a lamb off a triplet to make 2 pairs.
Cheers Wrighty.
Well now then Wrighty I reckon I can help you and point you in the right direction regarding rearing Triplets. The “in bred” Rough Fell Lads in the Howgills have bred some yows that have 3 paps so it may be worth an enquiry from you to see what the “craic” is but some of them might also have a pair of nuts at them as well !! Just a suggestion ! 
Cheers Dennis.
Reminds me of the story of the farmer who bred a 3 legged chicken, when interviewed by the local radio the reporter asked why a 3 legged chicken to which the farmer replied, well its like this there is me the wife and me daughter and when we have roast chicken there is always an argument on who is the one who does not get a leg so thats why I bred them, to which the reporter said do they taste the same and the farmer frowned and retorted, we dont really know yet they are so fast now we aint managed to catch one yet Buzzer
Bewick:
wrighty:
DEANB:
wrighty:
Evening BuzzerWell that was a bloody average week, last Sunday the land was drying up grand just like soft plasticine then by Tuesday it was back to soup. Another wet week and to top it off we had snow,hail wind and rain yesterday. On a brighter note the lambing seems to be going ok( too many triplets though) and we are calving steady away so not all bad, back to it tomorrow with a local load down to Garstang then not sure where…
Cheers Wrighty.
Morning Wrighty, Out of intrest what is the problem with having too may triplets ? Would have thought the more the better
but obviously not ?With regard to the long concrete trough. It was too shallow for a sheep dip so i am pretty sure it was a feeding trough.
Afternoon DEANB
The problem with triplets is that a ewe has 2 teats, ideally one for each lamb when you have three they have to fight for every drop of milk and generally don’t thrive. It also takes more out of the ewe and very few can raise three successfully, when one has a single lamb we always try to take a lamb off a triplet to make 2 pairs.
Cheers Wrighty.
Well now then Wrighty I reckon I can help you and point you in the right direction regarding rearing Triplets. The “in bred” Rough Fell Lads in the Howgills have bred some yows that have 3 paps so it may be worth an enquiry from you to see what the “craic” is but some of them might also have a pair of nuts at them as well !! Just a suggestion !
Evening chaps
Nay i think we’ll stick to running them as sets, makes life easier but in typical Blue faced Leicester fashion one of our pure Leicester yows has had four. The bloody things struggle to raise 2 nevermind 4, so if you want one for your garden Dennis you know where to come (a small donation would be much appreciated…)
Going back in time, Buzzer
Hiya Wrighty,
Well I don’t know if you can get Radio ■■■■■■■ so far up ‘int Dales but once lambing starts they have a segment on every afternoon for those farmers who have pet lambs to shift and they give out the names and contact numbers. It’s been going for many years now so it must be successful. So whats the going price for a pet Lamb ££ or is it just a case of “getting rid” as I don’t think Alice would be very happy to have her kitchen overrun with pet lambs so I reckon you could tek’ a few with you in’t Scania just to keep yer 'and in sort of style while your away ! 
Cheers Dennis.
These boys were not messing about yesterday, 3 tractors on the go loading manure from one field and spreading in the
next. Dont take long for those spreaders to empty a load.
Click on pics once/twice for better view.
Is the convoy of six heading to or returning to Bosnia to supply the military in the conflict ?
Bewick:
Hiya Wrighty,
Well I don’t know if you can get Radio ■■■■■■■ so far up ‘int Dales but once lambing starts they have a segment on every afternoon for those farmers who have pet lambs to shift and they give out the names and contact numbers. It’s been going for many years now so it must be successful. So whats the going price for a pet Lamb ££ or is it just a case of “getting rid” as I don’t think Alice would be very happy to have her kitchen overrun with pet lambs so I reckon you could tek’ a few with you in’t Scania just to keep yer 'and in sort of style while your away !
Morning Dennis
At the start of lambing we were getting a tenner a piece for pet lambs, but now more have started lambing you have to give them away which is still better than messing on feeding em.
We are nearing the halfway point of this years lambing and jobs not going too bad as long as the weather stays dry…
Cheers Wrighty.
Tarmaceater:
Is the convoy of six heading to or returning to Bosnia to supply the military in the conflict ?
Reckon your spot on there mate, sometimes we had as many as 10 at a time but better to have them spread out a bit as it made it easier when it came to reloading. Also when we first did the job it was via a ferry from Ancona to Split so limited on numbers, later we did it overland but when on IFOR driving regs shall we say were relaxed somewhat so we could drive even on Sunday bans, Buzzer.
Wrighty just wondered how much that Scottish gold is a bale or ton, thought it would be going North rather than South.
Dean them spreaders hold about ten to twelve ton if the muck has been in a heap all winter and as you say it dont take long to empty one out, long way from my memories as a kid loading it by hand eh, chairs Buzzer.
Buzzer:
Wrighty just wondered how much that Scottish gold is a bale or ton, thought it would be going North rather than South.Dean them spreaders hold about ten to twelve ton if the muck has been in a heap all winter and as you say it dont take long to empty one out, long way from my memories as a kid loading it by hand eh, chairs Buzzer.
When I was a yoof Buzzer it was loaded from the midden onto the cart with a graip(fork) then to the stubble field where we pulled it off the cart with a muck rake into measured straight line piles, then spread it with a fork, one of the hardest jobs on the farm. Over the winter the store cattle would be let out a time or two within the yard and our job was to drive them back and fore over the dung heap(midden) to compact it. Happy days NOT.
Oily
oiltreader:
Buzzer:
Wrighty just wondered how much that Scottish gold is a bale or ton, thought it would be going North rather than South.Dean them spreaders hold about ten to twelve ton if the muck has been in a heap all winter and as you say it dont take long to empty one out, long way from my memories as a kid loading it by hand eh, chairs Buzzer.
When I was a yoof Buzzer it was loaded from the midden with a graip(fork) and on to the stubble field where we pulled it off the cart with a muck rake into measured straight line piles, then spread it with a fork, one of the hardest jobs on the farm. Over the winter the store cattle would be let out a time or two within the yard and our job was to drive them back and fore over the dung heap(midden) to compact it. Happy days NOT.
Oily
Oily although I never did that type of muckspreading remember me dads neighbour doing that with a horse and cart Buzzer
Buzzer:
Wrighty just wondered how much that Scottish gold is a bale or ton, thought it would be going North rather than South.Dean them spreaders hold about ten to twelve ton if the muck has been in a heap all winter and as you say it dont take long to empty one out, long way from my memories as a kid loading it by hand eh, chairs Buzzer.
Evening Buzzer
At the moment the majority of our straw is coming down from Scotland some as far north as Wick, I believe it is around the £100/tonne off the farm so by the time it’s delivered it’s going on £140. Far too dear to be honest but the price is being held up by the power stations, there’s one haulier loading round bale straw out of Scotland shipping it back home and re-bailing it into square bales to send it into a power station… the worlds gone mad eh…
Cheers Wrighty.
Wrighty the price of that straw would make your eyes water, if you litter with barley straw alot would get eaten, I use wheat straw and they eat that as well but it does make muck and fert aint cheap to buy either but the muck puts back alot into the ground. Stores a fantastic trade still here, went to Salisbury market Tuesday and a local farmer sent in 30 Angus X & 10 Charolais X steers and the 40 of them made close on K45 averaging over £1100 apiece and only 10/11mo, lets say he had a very good day, cheers Buzzer.
Not a bad effort Chris, Buzzer
Buzzer:
Dean them spreaders hold about ten to twelve ton if the muck has been in a heap all winter and as you say it dont take long to empty one out, long way from my memories as a kid loading it by hand eh, chairs Buzzer.
I walk a few farms Buzzer and the modern machinery is amazing,and i enjoy watching the different seasons and how
crops come and go. They are so efficient the way they manage the land these days.
This farm have brought some cows into the barn ready to calve by the looks of it.
Dean alot of farmers bring cows inside to calve so if there are any problems it is easier to deal with, especially if you get a case like Wrighty had having to get the vet in to bring one out the side door. As for farm machinery it just seems to get bigger all the time especially from my time on the farm, Buzzer.
