Daft Laddies – Farming tales of North Tyne and Rede 50 years on By Clive Dalton and Don Clegg An extract from the book Daft Laddies, Farming Tales of North Tyne and Rede 50 years on (2003) by Clive Dalton and Don Clegg. If you’d like a copy of the book, including an audio CD of a few of the … Read more
By Dr Clive Dalton The female Signs of oestrusSows and gilts in oestrus show any combination of the following signs: Mating Female behaviour before birth Signs of birth Behaviour during birth Early sow and piglet behaviour after birth Fostering piglets The systems used are: The male Boar behaviour and handling Boars and Artificial Insemination (AI) … Read more
North Tyne Agricultural Shows The Agricultural Show has been a highlight of Northumberland village life for well over 100 years, and two of the best examples of these events in the county are the Bellingham Show and the Falstone Border Shepherd’s Show. Village folk used to plan and record events as happening before or after … Read more
Growing and Showing Leeks. – A traditional Northumbrian art and science. By Clive Dalton and Tony Wright Prize pot leeks exhibited by ‘Tom Tom’ Thompson, Bellingham Leek Show, 2009 In the early 1900s and up to the end of the 1939-45 war, ‘Geordies’ in the North East of England who hewed coal, made guns for … Read more
By Dr Clive Dalton Mentoring on the job Early humans must have worked out that learning on the job was highly effective, where people with different experienced could share knowledge and learn together, by mutual mentoring and motivation in a relevant environment. I found many ‘mature’ folk initially hated coming to my Polytech Herd Managers’ … Read more