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           <title>Survey highlights starling and song thrust decline</title>
           
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  STARLINGS and song thrushes are being seen less frequently in school grounds, according to this year’s RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch.
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           <title>Motorcyclists 'are damaging Lake District pass'</title>
           
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  MOTORCYCLISTS have been slammed for continuing to illegally use a popular Lake District pass.
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           <title>Sedbergh farmer urges owners to keep their dogs under control after death of prime ewe and her unborn lambs</title>
           
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  A SOUTH Lakeland sheep farmer is urging dog owners to keep their pets under control after losing a prime ewe and her unborn twin lambs in an attack.
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           <title>Enjoyable stress!</title>
           
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  Mother’s Day was wonderful. Nice weather and a fantastic meal with Brian and my son at Kirkby Lonsdale – but now it’s back to business.
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           <title>Awesome spirit</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[THE Christmas Fat shows are well under way at the local auctions now. It is a time when we can all get together and show some of our stock.]]></description>
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           <title>Choices have to be made</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[THIS month we have been busy getting stock ready for the sales.]]></description>
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           <title>High risk of fluke</title>
           
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  In the past, I have mentioned the parasite forecast (www.nadis. org.uk) which can indicate likely problems for livestock.
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           <title>Salon for gimmers</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[THIS week we are busy among the mule gimmer lambs - mule lambs being a cross between a hill breed ewe and a blue faced Leicester tup – and a gimmer being a girl. 
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           <title>Weather is a pain</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[THE weather is being quite a pain at the moment.
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           <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:44:16 +0100</pubDate>
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           <title>Plan for lambing</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[MOST people will associate lambing with springtime, but to plan for that can mean starting in the early summer. 
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           <title>Whenever anyone needs a hand we will help and they help us</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  TODAY I’m going to tell you about farming people and families.
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           <title>'We don’t always see the cow is coming ‘on heat’&quot; - Farmer Andrew Long writes</title>
           
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  WELL it’s all go at the moment!
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           <title>Kendal hedgehog SOS couple thanked</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[A KENDAL couple who looked after orphaned and injured hedgehogs for 10 years have won an award.
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           <title>I’ve seen many outbreaks of diseases, but the farm carries on</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  I RECENTLY took part in a Radio 4 programme on foot and mouth.
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           <title>Springing to life</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  WITH grass growing and cows being turned out, the diseases that come about while they are housed disappear.
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           <title>'A good example of how farming and farm vetting has changed' - Farm vet Iain Richards writes</title>
           
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  IN Andrew Long’s last column on these pages he mentioned vaccinating his cattle.
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           <title>Spring into action</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[WE HAVE taken advantage of a warm and dry spell and spread our pasture fields with fertiliser. 
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           <title>Busy time ahead</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[I am starting to see more lambs in the fields, which is a pleasant reminder of the coming spring.
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           <title>Spring in the air</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[We’ve been putting the in-lamb sheep inside today as they are due to start lambing now.]]></description>
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           <title>Twin lamb alert</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[Jane Knowles’s column last week was interesting. As she says, twin lamb disease can be treated if caught early.
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