Ayres Haymaking
10th August 2024 by Leave a Comment
This photo is at the Ayres Farm at Fivebridges creating the Hay Ricks from the Hay collected.
Hemyock Castle
11th December 2023 by Leave a Comment
Hemyock Castle was in use from 1380 until the 1660s. In 1459 when the future Edward IV, the Earl of March, realised that the army assembled to support Henry VI at Ludlow was far larger than his meagre force and his father, the Duke of York slipped away to his lands in Ireland, Edward turned to his Captain Sir John Dynham to carry him off to a safe haven. Sir John Dynham owned Hemyock Castle and also, crucially Hartland Abbey with its Quay on the western corner of North Devon so managed to extract Edward from danger in England and sail him off to Calais where the Yorkist General, the Earl of Warwick, was based. Within 2 years Edward was 19 and supported by a large army on the south Coast marched on London in triumph and take the crown of England. For more information on the history of Hemyock Castle go to
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The Canadian Manager of Factory inspecting the first young farmers
30th November 2023 by Leave a Comment
Canada was the first country to select Holstein Fresians as the select breed of milk producing cattle.
He was specialist given the job of improving the milk yield in the UK after the first world war and introduced the breed by giving a H-F calf to the children of farmers who then recorded what they were fed and eventually their milk yield. The heifers were then sold to farmers with £5 deducted as the cost of the calf when given to the children.