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all farmers were experts with other farmers’ livestock. When their own animals were in trouble they tended to rush to the phone for the vet, but with their neighbours’ they were confident, knowledgeable and full of helpful advice.
Veterinary surgery was a childishly simple matter in a warm bar with a few drinks inside you.
it was always a stroke of luck to land on a farm after a pig killing and there was usually a gift from the hospitable farmers,
All young animals are appealing but the lamb has been given an unfair share of charm.
There were eight young Mallocks and they had spent their lifetimes playing among tuberculous lungs and a vast spectrum of bacteria from Salmonella to Anthrax. They were the healthiest children in the district.
big dogs were kept by people who lived in little houses and vice versa. Clients who said “spare no expense” never paid their bills, ever. When I asked my way in the Dales and was told “you can’t miss it,” I knew I’d soon be hopelessly lost.)
No animal is a better judge of comfort than a cat and they were just visible as furry balls in the straw.
