Thomas Bates – Northumbrian Farming Innovator and Shorthorn Breeding Pioneer
By Dr Malcolm Tait, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada How on earth could there be connections between the village of Chudleigh in Tasmania; Vancouver, Canada; Halton Castle, Northumberland; Thomas Bates and Shorthorn cattle? This story began while my wife and I were visiting Tasmania in 2005. We stumbled across a local agricultural show at Chudleigh where, … Read more