From the farms in Leigh.  Notes from John Worsfold

Much of the grassland destined for silage-making has been cut and the grass clamped ready for winter-feeding. Hay-making, however, is a different matter and farmers are waiting anxiously for a change in the weather to enable them to make a late start.

Cereal crops are looking promising and it will not be long before we see combine-harvesters at work. Winter-barleys are already changing colour; these will be ready first followed by wheat and oats.

Maize crops sown in May are growing well; these will be harvested in September or October and the plants, often six to seven feet in height by that time, will be chopped and consolidated to provide a palatable high-energy feed for next winter.

Sheep-shearing has come to a complete stop due to the wet conditions. Sheep must be dry when shorn otherwise the fleeces rot in the wool-sacks.

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