Making moving images – Video and DVDBy D.C Dalton and G. R. Moss The power of moving imagesMoving pictures are much more powerful than still pictures and the written word in getting a message across. Everyone knows that, and it’s especially true in farming where so many things we do are concerned with ‘action’. In … Read more
Using moving images. Video or DVD D.C Dalton and G.R. Moss How long can we concentrate for?Research some years ago showed that students’ concentration times averaged around 7 minutes. This is out of date, and we suggest from personal experience that 2.5 to 3 minutes is now more like it. This has been driven by … Read more
Agriculture, animal husbandry, Facial Eczema, causes, symptoms, cattle, sheep, deer, goats By Dr Clive Dalton Original 1991 information written by Dr Barry Smith and Dr Neale Towers, Ruakura Agricultural Research Station, Hamilton, New Zealand. Part 1. Cause and symptoms.Facial eczema (FE) is a disease of sheep, cattle, deer and goats, which causes death and lowered … Read more
By Dr Clive Dalton Clive addresses a crowd of farmers and MAF staff at a Lands & Survey Angus field-day in 1976. Farmers constantly need new information To keep farmers and their staff up to date with new developments, good communication is essential by the many technical people, (consultants, farm advisers, sales and advertising people) … Read more
Training heifers for milking routines By Dr Clive Dalton Research knowledge There is now plenty of research to show that cattle can learn basic routines in a very short time, and these can result in economic benefits to the farming business. With hand milking and in the early days of machine milking when herds were … Read more