Young Farmers' Club

During the past two terms, the club has flourished well, with a new influx of young members which are essential to the club, and attendances at the meetings have been good.

In the Christmas term, there were four meetings and two visits. The first meeting was on Sugar Beet, and the Speaker was Mr. Alan Park of B.S.C., who is experienced in the experimental side of sugar beet growing. He illustrated his talk with exhibits of different beets, and slides of the factory. This meeting was followed by a visit to the factory one evening by a small group from the Club. The second meeting was an illustrated talk with slides on Mushroom Farming, by Mr. J. P. A. Winder, General Manager of Middlebrook Mushrooms Ltd., who showed us some excellent slides and promised us a visit there in the Summer. The third meeting was on Weed Control and the talk was given by Messrs. B. Stansfield, and M. Milne, Advisory Officers of Fisons Agrochemical Division. The talk was illustrated by some excellent colour slides of crop control. The final meeting of the term was on 'Eggs and Broilers', by Mr. G. Bielby, Agricultural Manager of Ross Poultry Ltd., who spoke on the costs and prices of the Industry. The second visit was to the AI Centre of the Milk Marketing Board at Stockton where we looked around at the Bulls and the Laboratories. This was a popular visit, and two bus loads went and our thanks go to Mr. Coulthard and Mr. Allen for transporting us.

In the Easter term the club again had four meetings. The first meeting was one we had been striving to get for several years, which was on Game Control, and the illustrated talk with slides was given by Mr. J. D. Jackson, Game Consultant for N. England and Scotland, of the Game Conservancy. The second meeting was a talk on the Prospects of joining the Common Market and its effect on Agriculture, and was given by Mr. W. Meir, County Secretary of the N.F.U. The third meeting which had to be held in the Manor as the usual venue was affected by power cuts, was an illustrated talk with films on Beef Production, given by Mr. A. D. Earnshaw of the Meat and Livestock Commission, who compared different Beef Production systems. Our thanks here go to Mr. G. M. Shuttleworth

for letting us have the meeting in the Manor. The final meeting of the year consisted of two films on Potatoes, introduced by Mr. D. Morgan

of the Potato Marketing Board.

The Advisory Committee of the Club met in the Christmas term on Thursday, 26th November, when possible speakers and visits for the. , Easter and Summer terms were discussed. The meeting was followed

by a meal given by the School.

This year saw the beginning of our speakers being offered afternoon tea in the Rhodes Room after the meetings.

On behalf of the Club I would like to thank Mr. Coulthard for his

help and advice during the year.

P.B.J.