Young Farmers' Club

of us to another hour's wait. We finally got back to school at 4-30 p.m., tired, footsore and hungry, but having for the most part enjoyed ourselves.

This weekend was exceptional only from the point of view of the weather, which was as bad for walking as any of the groups could remember it. Yet every group, thanks to its training, came through unscathed and within its schedule. The minor navigational errors which all groups experienced served only to show that it was possible to recover and reach destinations with only minor delays. By the time this article is published this training should have borne fruit in the Expedition and its results and many of those who took part will doubtless be well on the way to joining the select 9,000 who hold the Gold Award. It will not be easy, but we shall all have a very definite sense of having achieved something worthwhile and useful.

R. W. J. Dingwall.

Three visits were arranged for the Summer Term and each one took the form of a farm walk. On the 22nd May members of the club went to Mr. A. Hall's farms at Strensall. Altogether Mr. Hall has five farms and we were kindly taken round by Mr. G. Hall who showed us many of his father's stock and outlined the hire purchase system on which much of the family's dealing depends. Mrs. G. Hall very kindly provided tea for the club at the end of the meeting.

The second visit was to Mr. J. Lister's farm near Boroughbridge. Once again the club travelled round the farm in the school minibus and we saw much of Mr. Lister's barley and potatoes. The main feature of this visit was Mr. Lister's pig-rearing unit where he breeds, rears and sells most of his pigs for bacon. Before departing we were given a delicious tea provided by Mrs. Lister.

For the last visit of the term the club went to Mr. J. L. Fridlington's farms at Sutton-on-Forest. Items of particular interest were Mr. Fridlington's land reclamation scheme and his multiple calf-suckling units. We also saw much of his cultivated land, including crops of barley, sugar beet and potatoes.

On Tuesday, 19th July, the Advisory Committee met and discussed ideas for meetings for the Christmas Term. Also on 16th July new members were elected on to the committee to replace those who were leaving R. A. Spilman was elected Chairman, D. M. Rawlings Vice-Chairman and other committee members elected were J. M. Lillie, R. P. Taylor, M. J. Gagg and R. I. Pigg. Finally Mr. Coulthard thanked those members who were leaving and C. J. Swiers in particular for his valuable service given to the club.