The Young Farmers' Club

On 4th December, J. F. R. Hayes gave a talk about his recent visit to Yugoslavia. This talk was most interesting and gave the society a good look at a fairly pro-Western Iron Curtain country. Hayes, too, showed us some most enlightening slides, many of which were full of human interest.

Our final meeting of the term took the form of a film show. First we had a newsreel—U.S.S.R. Today—and second a Russian Science Fiction film—"The secret of Eternal Night". Both turned out to be entertaining films, especially the longer one. The photography and sound, however, were not quite as good as might have been expected.

We are hoping to have three meetings next term.

J.J.K.

At the first meeting of the term, on 12th October, Mr. A. H. Sneesby, an Old Boy of the School, came to talk on "Farming in Tanganyika". In this extremely interesting talk he described the farmer's year in East Africa, illustrating his talk by describing the farm he manages for the Tanganyika Government.

The next meeting, on 14th November, was an internal meeting; there were two speakers. The first, R. W. Metcalfe, talked on "The Horse and its Uses", going into detail about breeding and racing. The second speaker, J. M. Atkinson, talked about "the poor man's racing", namely Pigeon Racing. He explained how one could enter the sport, and how races and the timing systems worked. The longest British races were from Barcelona in Spain.

On 23rd November two members of our Advisory Committee discussed the proposed entry of Great Britain into the Common Market, from the agriculturalist's viewpoint. Mr. F. K. Abbey, a prominent local farmer, opposing Britain's entry, said that our ties with the Commonwealth would break, and that the standard of living of the British farmer would fall. Mr. L. C. G. Gilling, the Principal of the West Riding Institute of Agriculture at Askham Bryan, speaking in favour of Britain's entry, said that, if we did not join, we would soon be swamped with cheap continental produce, whereas, if we joined, we would be safeguarded from this. It was true that the farmer's standard of living might fall slightly for a time. After the Club meeting, there was a meeting of the Advisory Committee.

During the term there were two visits. The first visit, on 5th November, was to the Northern Dairies in Hull Road. We were shown round as the Sunday milk was being bottled, and obtained a very good idea of how a modern dairy functions. The second visit, on 13th December, was to Bushels, the agricultural engineers. We were shown some very interesting equipment, and were given some idea of the repair work undertaken by the firm. D.L.M.