The Young Farmers' Club

During the term we held six meetings and also visited Yorkshire Grain Dryers at Dunnington. During this visit we were shown a large commercial grain dryer at work. This plant is very much more elaborate than would be found on the average farm and deals with large contracts for such people as the Distillers Company, Limited. It was interesting to note that its location has been partly determined by the existence of the Derwent Valley Light Railway. We were also shown a small but rapidly growing workshop which is manufacturing grain drying equipment. This originally developed to serve the main plant but it is now sending equipment all over the country and overseas.

At the first meeting, three films were shown. The first was taken at the Royal Show when it visited Windsor. The second film was entitled "Farming with a Difference". This had been shot on a B.O.C.M. experimental farm and showed how they try out new methods of farming. The third film dealt with "Falconry" and showed how to train the falcon up to the point where it makes its first kill.

At our second meeting we were addressed by two York butchers, Mr. Bowman and Mr. Holgate, who spoke on the topic "The Butcher's point of view". This was a most interesting and entertaining meeting.

The third meeting consisted of a talk by Mr. J. A. Gagg entitled "Farm Management". He tackled this subject by showing how he manages his own farm in Lincolnshire

At the fourth meeting we had a very memorable, amusing and interesting talk by Mr. Thomas, Vice-Principal of the Yorkshire Institute of Agriculture at Askham Bryan. His subject was "Stock Management" and he illustrated his talk by demonstrating how not to drive animals.

The fifth meeting took the form of a panel game between teams selected from the Club Committee and the Advisory Committee. The Club was represented by Crossley and Swiers and they very nobly faced a rather tough team consisting of Mr. F. Abbey and Mr. T. S. Atkinson. Mr. Coulthard was in the Chair on this occasion and judged the competition by timing the length of applause for each team. A large number of interesting questions were put to the teams by the Club, and the Advisory Committee won by a total of 116.5 seconds of applause to the Club team's 108.3 seconds.

At the last meeting, P. F. Nettleton, a member of the Club, spoke about "Fly Fishing" and this was followed by an election of two new Committee Members.

We wish every success to M. C. M. Anyan and J. R. Coles, who are leaving after a long spell of service on the Club Committee, Anyan having been Chairman for eighteen months.