Taranaki/Manawatu Farming Lifestyles, August 2012

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Farming Lifestyles

August 2012 Edition

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Photos sought for Taranaki book

Dog trial interest spans family generations

Tourism diversification opens up opportunities

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Feilding has taken out the 2012 Taste Farmers Market Award for Farmers’ Market of the Year The award recognises community support and involvement in local farmers markets with customers around New Zealand voting for both their favourite market and a preferred stallholder.

Feilding won the award against much larger markets in other regions.

Held each Friday in the centre of town, the Feilding Farmers’ Market was set up by the Feilding Promotion’s Community Development team.

Feilding Promotion project manager Raewyn Loader said the aim was to attract more shoppers to Feilding, provide a start-up platform for new businesses and increase the town’s profile.

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Photos sought for Taranaki book

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By Denise Gunn

Photographers of all skill levels are invited to upload images to a new website launched recently to showcase the beauty and diversity of Taranaki One hundred images from the website will eventually be chosen to feature in a proposed high quality photo book.

Dan Jane, a former graphic designer, said he launched the ilovetaranaki. com website for two reasons. “Firstly, it’s great for the photographers,” he said.

“The amateurs and students will learn a great deal by participating and the professionals now have another option for getting their work seen with the website growing in popularity.”

“Should the book eventuate, participants will have the opportunity to have their work published without having to do anything except submit great photos,” he said.

Mr Jane said secondly the website

is relevant as it will showcase the region through the eyes and lenses of the people who live there, or have visited.

“The I Love Taranaki brand is already growing in popularity, and together with the website it will provide a lot of interest and publicity for the region.”

Mr Jane developed and launched the project on a shoestring budget, but as it has started to gain more attention he has had to impose a limit of five photos per person, per week.

“This ensures there’s a good mix of photos from contributors,” he said.

Prizes are awarded for a photo of the month through a mix of public votes and scores from three judges.

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Mr Jane said if the concept works, there could possibly be additional volumes in the future.

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There are seven dog trial clubs in the Taranaki Centre with each of them holding a two-day competition. Dan tries to support each of these competitions as well as three or four events out of the area. He also strives to compete at each North Island Championship and most New Zealand championships.

Dan’s knowledge and experience has been put to good use in the judging box at numerous dog trials over the last 20 years, including a South Island and New Zealand Championship.

When breeding dogs, Dan follows another family tradition when the pups are old enough to go to new homes — he gives them away instead of selling them.

“Dad never sold dogs,” said Dan. “It’s just the way we do things.”

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Tourism diversification opens up opportunities

By Denise Gunn

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he couple purchased their Mangaweka farm ‘Mt Huia’ in 1993 under a special settlement scheme provided by the Rural Bank.

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“After extended years of working under budgetary control we were able to farm out of the recession and eventually able to add acreage to make the unit more economic,” she said.

As a means of creating another income and to give families an opportunity to holiday in the country, Neil and Virginia decided to establish a farm stay in an unused house on the property.

“We were very aware of a disconnection of town people with the country,” said Virginia.

“This was partly as a result of the fact that no longer did almost everyone in town have a relative living on a farm and somewhere they could have outdoor summer holidays, as was previously the case.”

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the farm stay to a cottage on that property.

The cottage, named Hodd Cottage after the original owner, was painted, a shower installed, and a deck added to the northern side. It was then completely furnished and the kitchen equipped in readiness to rent out for self-contained holidays.

Neil and Virginia set up their website www.mthuia.co.nz and a brochure/rack card was produced for distribution in local tourism organisations as well as information centres in neighbouring regions.

Views of Rangitikei farmland and the Ruahine Ranges during a farm walk on Neil and Virginia’s property “We had been foundation members of Rangitikei Tourism since its inception in 1988 and also Reserve.” became members of Destination Manawatu — both regional Hodd Cottage is also conveniently tourism promotion organisations through which we could located for access to day walks in the promote our own business,” said Virginia.

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The pair further extended their farm stay operation with “Full or partial catering is offered the introduction of Weka Walks in 2002. and when I am walking across the road Virginia said boutique walking had become popular, with hot dinners on platters and ready particularly for adult groups who wanted a relaxed break, to eat, I think what a great way to have comfortable accommodation, some exercise and social time a holiday it is.” together in a new environment.

Neil and Virginia also offer guests Sometimes these groups are too large to be accommodated involvement with farm activities. in Hodd Cottage and two guest rooms with ensuite set up in “Families staying in Hodd Cottage for the homestead are a popular addition. a farm holiday take great pleasure in “The walks are marked and instruction sheets and maps joining in with Neil all day and every day given to guests for self-guided outings on Mt Huia Farm, and if they can,” said Virginia. across neighbouring Glen Tui Farm and through the Titirangi The Gorges to Sea Cycleway set up

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Neil and Virginia are now running 2800 Romney sheep and 1200 Angus cattle on 324ha of hill country farm at Mangaweka and a 61ha finishing block at Halcombe. They balance the busier seasons with the farm stay through hiring casual staff for seasonal work on the properties.

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Initially she was keen to study architecture and took art, textiles and graphic subjects up until her third year of high school.

“But then I realised I didn’t want to be stuck inside so changed to do all sciences and agriculture,” said Kirsty.

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one, two and three, Kirsty headed off to Massey University to complete a Bachelor of Applied Science degree, majoring in agriculture and agribusiness.

“After university I was offered a job working for Landcorp Farming which I accepted and moved down to Wellington,” said Kirsty.

“I started off as a business technician and was then promoted to a business manager a year and a half later.”

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Taranaki/Manawatu Farming Lifestyles August 2012 9 Kirsty had already planned a 72day safari trip through Africa later this year and will then begin the AgriVenture exchange. Her first five months will be spent in Sweden working mainly with sheep followed by seven months in Canada experiencing the cattle and grain or hay industries.

She said her goal is to work and travel overseas for a couple of years before returning to New Zealand to go farming.

Kirsty is keen to learn about farming practises in different climates and cultures as well as living amongst the local communities as she travels.

All photos: James Ball “This is a good opportunity to do As a Landcorp business manager, Kirsty also facilitates something I really enjoy while getting and presents at pasture workshops, organises feed budgeting workshops, the chance to travel as well.” and is the support person for all North Island farm managers for feed budgeting tool Farmax

large sheep and beef properties. She is also the project manager for the capital development on Cheltenham Downs, a finishing farm based just outside of Feilding, and is involved in sheep and beef workshops run on the North Island’s east coast.

Additionally Kirsty facilitates and presents at pasture workshops, organises feed budgeting workshops, and is the support person for all North Island farm managers for feed budgeting tool Farmax.

“I do a lot of travel to the farmers I look after as well as others that need my assistance,” she said.

Following her initial involvement with the Massey University Young Farmers helping to build up club numbers, Kirsty joined the Wellington Young Farmers.

She has been a committee member for both clubs and on the ball committees.

“I enjoy the social interaction with people that have similar interests,” she said.

“It’s also another social group in the city.”

After applying for the AgriVenture scholarship Kirsty said she was both surprised and excited to hear she had made it to the final stage.

“I was already set on doing the programme and had forgotten partly about the scholarship.”

“It was also a relief to get some help to get over there and still have enough spending money.”

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“Jesse started riding bikes when he was about five and has only ridden in cross country and enduro rides.”

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“We arrived about four days before the event started and had a ride on the bikes beforehand,” said Sean.

Both Sean and Jesse have taken part in similar rides in New Zealand.

“We run one each year called the ‘No Way in Hell’ extreme enduro out at Oparau near Kawhia,” said Sean.

This year’s Redbull Romaniacs drew 205 entries from all over the globe.

“That’s the best thing about going to Romania is the countryside,” said Sean.

“You get to ride in the mountains up to 2500 metres and there is no fencing so you can travel 150kms and not have to stop to open a gate.”

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Hooked on four-wheel-driving

By Denise Gunn

It took just one drive in a cruiser with his father in the driver’s seat during a B class competition, for four-wheel-drive enthusiast John Hawken to become hooked on the sport “It was one of the scariest rides I think I will ever have,” said John.

“Ever since then I have been hooked.”

As soon as John attained his learner’s licence, he bought his first 4 x 4 — an E Class Suzuki 413 with a 1200 Nissan motor and rear wheel brakes.

Then it was his turn in the driver’s seat with his father as navigator as the pair took part in a few fun days.

“I put beadlock rims and a set of 31 Kuhmos on it and went out to give it a go with Dad in the silly seat this time,” said John.

“I did a full season in it with Cameron Whealan co-driving.”

John was raised on the family’s farm in Waitotara and is a Wanganui 4 x 4 Club committee member. His father, Gary, has been rallying for years and his mother, Marie, used to co-drive.

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“It’s got a SR20DET — just standard but tuned by Keith Stuart using a G4link computer.”

With long-time friend Daniel King as co-driver, John has placed well in a number of competitions. Last season he won a C class event in the New Zealand Trial Competitions in this vehicle, placing 11th overall.

But as well as the sense of achievement that building and driving a vehicle brings, John also enjoys the company of the people involved in the sport.

“You probably won’t find another sport in New Zealand where after a day of competing against each other, we can joke and laugh at each other while having a quiet drink.”

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FA R M W H E E L S

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Farming is at its core a business, and investments made by farmers in new equipment are weighed up very carefully to see if they’ll provide a good return When it comes to ATVs and quad bikes this is all the more pertinent — farmers need a reliable and rugged workhorse that is both dependable and inexpensive to run. Another consideration is power to weight — or rather power to bulk. Sometimes a huge, powerful machine lacks the ability to go where smaller, more agile ATVs can… making it tough to decide on the perfect tool for the job.

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It’s definitely no toy Isuzu’s new D Max ute is causing quite a stir in motoring circles In a world of utes trending toward the extremes of the spectrum (either engineered to ride like a car, or built as a spartan workhorse) the D Max on first impressions appears to have a foot in each camp — it’s a good looking beast with a flash of chrome, rakishly angled headlamps and an aggressive stance emphasized by flared wheel arches and chunky alloys.

It’s also quite a serious contender as far as comfort goes — the four door version I took for a drive (courtesy of Moore Cars in Whangarei) more than accommodated a man-sized frame in the back without the need for extra knees, and the driver’s seat was more comfortable than that of some family sedans.

The real advantage here, however, lies deep inside the three-litre common rail turbo diesel engine of the new D Max. It’s not one you can see when appreciating the aesthetic impact of the vehicle, but it’s more important than all the chrome in the world… it’s the fact that this ute was built by a truck maker.

Isuzu know trucks. Big trucks. So while other ute makers have scaled up their cars and added a back deck (including sometimes using the same or

similar engine design for utes and cars), Isuzu have scaled down a truck.

If ‘scaled down’ is the right term. Take the turbo for example. To eliminate lag, the D Max uses a variable geometry system as pioneered by Porsche. This gives the ute a smooth acceleration curve which slides through the gears effortlessly and without so much as a grunt of diesel exertion.

The doors shut like bank vaults, the tailgate feels like it could support a bull elephant, and as for the parts which make up the gutsy engine…

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Dairying

Hoof Print With Fred Hoekstra

I still come across a lot of people who struggle to believe what I am saying in my articles It seems to be so ingrained in people’s mind that a bruise in the hoof comes from standing on a stone. The scientists and advisors who make that claim have done a good job in telling their story but it just simply isn’t true. There is no evidence to support that claim.

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Why is that? I can only speculate for an answer but I wonder if it just feels safer. I guess if we have a multimillion dollar business, and we experience a high incidence rate of lameness with a high price tag attached to it, then we want to play it safe and do the things that reduce the lameness as quick as possible.

I am all for this, and I would never say that you can push your cows as hard as you like on the track or in the yard and it wouldn’t make any difference. That would be a dumb thing to say especially when it is quite obvious to see that you do end up with more lame cows when you do that.

So is that enough to prove that pushing and standing on stones causes lameness? No! If I see a person walking on a gravel road with a bit of a limp then I haven’t got enough information by just looking at this person from a distance to know what makes this person limp.

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That leaves three hours per day to walk the cows from the paddock to the cow shed, milk them and walk them back again twice a day. So that is only 1.5 hours per milking all up. Most farmers don’t manage that.

If you have rough tracks and you improve them then you also improve the cow flow on the tracks. Cows spend less time on them so there is more time in the paddock which means less stress therefore less laminitis.

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Well, this is the last time I am writing these notes for you, I am heading off for pastures new and you will have a new Milfos face on this page, penning the notes from now on.

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Dairying

Taming the effluent pond — the natural way Effluent — it’s not the most fragrant of subjects, but it’s one which every dairy farmer has to deal with one way or another Traditionally the ‘brown stuff’ has been used in its role as a fertiliser, sprayed back onto pastures to add nutrients to the soil. But in recent years concerns about runoff into waterways, has led to wider adoption of technology such as separators to split the effluent into solid and liquid components.

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Be my Guest A dairy farmer who took the law into his own hands and failed to follow the strict terms of the sharemilking agreement between he and his sharemilker was sentenced to nine months jail and the Court ordered payment of $81,000 to Sharemilkers This week in the District Court at Tauranga, Lance Maxwell Burt, a dairy farmer was sentenced to 9 months jail and an order to pay restitution in the sum of $81,000.00 to sharemilkers, who worked for him 5 years ago.

Burt was charged under the Crimes Act with using a computer to commit a crime. Burt sent a direction to Fonterra instructing Fonterra to divert all proceeds due to his sharemilker into his own account. Mr Burt’s Lawyers in Palmerston North then issued a Notice of Termination of the Sharemilking Agreement. Despite being requested on numerous occasions to confirm that they held the money pursuant to the Sharemilking Agreement in their Trust Account, the NZ Law Society’s Manawatu Branch confirmed that the money was not held in the Solicitors Trust Account.

Arbitration followed resulting in a decision in favour of the sharemilker.

Burt had taken the $81,000.00 and dispersed it amongst other commercial operations he was involved in.

The sharemilkers were devastated. It deprived them of their job and access to their money needed to finance the next season’s operations.

The Judge described the offending as malicious and intended to cause harm to the sharemilkers.

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terms of the sharemilking contract.

Owners that direct their dairy company to pay the money to themselves and then failing to place the deductions in their solicitor’s trust account can expect to find themselves in serious trouble.

In the Lower Order Agreement there are penalties for unjustifiably and procedurally wrongly withholding payments to sharemilkers and these amount to interest rates ranging from 5% per month compounding up to 8% per month compounding.

In the High Court at Whangarei Judge Nicholson in dealing with an appeal against these interest rates commented that the punitive interest rates were justifiable and to be used in discouraging owners from withholding the proceeds due to sharemilkers.

Owners contemplating using the offset provisions in their sharemilking agreements are advised to seek professional advice before commencing such action.

40% of milk produced on New Zealand farms comes from sharemilking agreements between farmers and sharemilkers, known generally as lower order and 50/50 Sharemilking Agreements.

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In 2001 a new Lower Order Sharemilking Agreement was negotiated and enshrined as a statute of law by Parliament.

One of the clauses added was a comprehensive dispute resolution procedure. When the 50/50 sharemilking agreements were amended in 2007 and later in 2010, these dispute resolution procedures were written into the 50/50 agreements.

The employer / owner has a right to offset money from a sharemilker’s proceeds subject to the dispute procedures being completed. An owner contemplating withholding proceeds due to the sharemilker must serve notices on the sharemilker setting out the contract breaches and the costs of rectification.

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Stimulating soil biological activity — how and why?

Part 1

Dr Bert Quin, fertiliser and soil fertility consultant

The importance of soil biological activity is being realised by more and more farmers and farming organisations, and many companies are now promoting products that are claimed to stimulate it and by doing so increase production In the next article we will look at whether these products are possibly effective or basically fit into the ‘snake-oil’ category, but in this article let’s take a step back in history and look at what happens when we introduce the ryegrass/clover grazed pasture system.

Under the pre-European natural forests, scrub and native grasses, soil organic matter levels were typically very low. This is because

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the input of new nutrients — almost solely from the weathering of soil minerals — was very slow. This greatly limited the rate of growth of vegetation, so plant species evolved that could cope with this by growing very slowly themselves. Likewise, the soil organic matter had a slow rate of turnover, because the soil microbes that do this require nutrients also. Nutrient losses from this system were extremely low.

typically reached its potential within 3-5 years, whereas soil organic matter levels tended to increase over a 10-15 year period before reaching a new plateau, typically 50% higher than the original level. Essentially, the new plateau is reached when increasing soil microbial activity finally ‘catches up’ with the new higher rate of addition of organic matter — plant residues and excreta mainly — into the soil. These provide carbon, protein and energy for soil microbes to feed on.

So why does it reach a new plateau, instead of coming back down again? Simply because it would be counter-productive for the soil microbes for this to happen.

View it as a term bank deposit. It makes sense to grow this to a size big enough to live on the ‘interest’ — in this case the pool of mineralisable organic matter.

Once you have to live on the capital as well, it’s eventually going to be over Rover.

Then the ryegrass/clover pastures and many different crops were introduced. These had far more growth potential, especially in our growth-friendly climate, but it was soon discovered that to achieve this growth potential required ‘capital’ applications of fertiliser and subsequent annual ‘maintenance’ applications of several major and trace elements.

The 10-15 years it takes for the soil organic matter to reach a new plateau can be greatly reduced if, and it’s a big if on hill country properties, there are outside sources of soil organic matter such as chicken manure that can be brought in (as in a vege garden), or effluent irrigated. Farmers are aware how much more soil organic matter there is in animal campsites, which receive high inputs of excreta.

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best paddocks on their farm have twice the pasture production or crop yield of the poorest paddocks, even in some cases if total soil organic matter and nutrient levels are similar. When this is the case, and slope, aspect, drainage and soil types are the same, it is a safe bet that the difference is soil microbial activity. It always surprises me that the addition of earthworms at least isn’t given as much attention as fertiliser in pasture development, and in dairy farm conversions.

The most efficient earthworm species for pasture systems are not native to New Zealand. They were introduced widely but not exhaustively in the 1930s-1950s, and some modern farming practices — such as high N use and inadequate control of soil aluminium levels — can make life hard for them and other soil biology.

So, given a certain-sized pool of soil organic matter, is their any advantage — to production or sustainability — of increasing the rate of cycling of this organic matter; that is, in increasing soil microbial activity?

And what products or practices can do it? Also, there is anecdotal evidence that both the amount and activity of soil organic matter is declining on intensive dairy farms.

Why is this happening, and what are the implications? In the next article, we look at these questions

Another big step forward CM3 is the next step up from our very popular Pasture Plus, and we are thrilled with the results The 0-3 week growth between the two products has been about the same, however by the 5th week CM3 has shown growth advantages measured between 200-500KgDM/ Ha. This is nearly double what Pasture Plus has been able to achieve. The increased regrowth over autumn has also been exceptional, measuring over 300KgDM/Ha extra on top of Pasture Plus’s already market leading regrowth.

The results on grain have also been exceptional. History tells us, Pasture Plus has improved yields by around 1.5 tons/Ha. CM3 has added another two tons/Ha on top of that again.

Stock have also done very well on pasture treated with CM3. Weaned lambs placed on paddocks treated with CM3 reached killing weights two- three weeks earlier than lambs of the same age and sex, compared to Pasture Plus treated paddocks. In all cases lamb growth was very good.

Pasture Plus is also a preferred grass. In another Southland trial lambs showed a 70%/30% grazing preference for Pasture Plus treated areas. So we are very pleased CM3 is stacking up equal to Pasture Plus. Cows in Canterbury grazed CM3 treated areas lower than Pasture Plus leaving less residual grass.

This indicates a grazing preference for CM3.

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A dog’s tail…

Makin’ hey ina winter Well, gidday there. Me, Billy the very relaxed Borda Colly back in tuch this week.

Lifes pritty relaxt here ona farm rite now. Sharlene and Mum bin feedin’ me so much I gotta bitta wait on too.

An’ Mum’s bin givin’ me a good brushin’ too, ‘cos she rickins my coat looks good flowin’ ina wind. Sigh. Not lika Boss wen ‘es home. Lucky if I gits a wee pat ona back if I stops a lamb breakin’ outa tha dockin’ pen eh?

But no wurries just now eh, cos a Boss is off over in Yourup an’ thass why Mum’s ‘ere wiv me an’ Sharlene, ta keep us kompiny.

Mine you, she and Sharlene bin havin’ a cool time as wellas me, cos they crackin’ a few ofa Boss’s wine kollection most evenin’s when they wotchin Koro street. Thass afta I git me own dinna cooked seperate by Mum. Had bluddy big plate of beef briskit las’ nite an’ plinty left fer tonite too.

Acherly, I’m gonna havta wotch it eh? Sharlene had emmill froma Boss tha otha nite. He wuz ina place corled Devin, in Inglind, wots next to another place corled Kornwill, where he reckins they make rippa pies corled pastees, an’ he tole Sharline he’s bin eatin’ pastees and drinkin’somethin’ corled Ginniss ina pubs, an’ was stackin’ ona few pouns as well.

Thin he tole Sharlene that hell be rite cosa Dog — he neva corls me by me proper name of Billy eh? — would be reel fit afta lookin’ afta tha farm for ‘im an’ wood soon run tha weight off goin’ roun’ tha proppity.

Yea rite. I’m gonna keep an eye ona kalendar cos’ ifa Boss gits ‘ome an’ sees I’m eatin’ like a king an’ sleepin’ ona couch ‘sted of me kinnil, there’ll be hell ta pay. I’ll jus’ havta do a few runs uppa back fince line an’ try an kerb me feedin’ habits a bit befor he gits back. Jeez it’s a hard life eh?

But fora nixt few weeks enyway I’m gonna take Mum’s advice eh? Shes’a rill kool lady an’ she sid ter me an Sharlene wot we gunna ‘make hey wila sun shines.’

Win she firs sed this, I shot ova ta they gear shed, but no wun had dun anythin’ about gettin’ out tha tracta mowa. Thin I figgad that why wood we be makin’ hey ina winter?

So Mum thin explayned wot it means is ya kick up ya heels win ya kin get away wiv it.

Soun’s fear enuff ta me. But thin I reckin I kin soon sheda few pouns wiv a run or three up that back, an’ winna Boss comes home I’ll make shure I’m standin at attinshin in fronta me kinnil eh?

But I’m not shore If I wanta be in Mum ‘n Sharlene’s shoos, wina Boss count’s up ‘is wine kollecshin.

Thin agin, wina Boss gits a bit stroppy, Sharlene juss calls him DEAH ina loud voice. An mum juss yells CHARLES!!! ana Boss slinks off ta tha woolshed fora beer. Nah, we’ll be rite eh? Ina meantime, lets get on wiva haymakin’.

Cheers.

Billy

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