Clive Bailye, a Peter Hepworth for the modern times!

[quattro]

I thought that he was was a walston, my apologies to him then

 

[Suffolk Serf]

I thought that he was was a walston, my apologies to him then

He has the Walston self deprecating sense of humour.

 

[glasshouse]

I think the point to remember from the video is that 360 tons of wheat paid for abrand new 16ft axial flow combine
It would 1000 tons at least today

 

[Banana Bar]

I think the point to remember from the video is that 360 tons of wheat paid for abrand new 16ft axial flow combine
It would 1000 tons at least today

How old are you buying!

 

[glasshouse]

How old are you buying!

Like for like, a new 16ft combine.
I did say “ at least” !!

 

[Chae1]

I thought that he was was a walston, my apologies to him then

He is. You are correct.

 

[Ray]

I bought that fw60 in 2011

And it now resides here with me..

 

[thorpe]

it looks like you need all that power on that fluff.

 

[glasshouse]

And it now resides here with me..
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I hope thats on the drawbar?

 

[thorpe]

I hope thats on the drawbar?

it is we pull the same on a arion 630 but might not be as deep.

 

[Ray]

it looks like you need all that power on that fluff.

Yes must say it was a bit of over kill there.. That was taken when it first arrived and we were all having a play with it.. Was tearing away there at 12-1400 rpm and didn't know it had it on..

 

[Chemical nick]

I remember Peter Hepworth came to do a farmers talk at Seale-Hayne when I was a student in the 90's. There was a lively debate when an environmentalist lady questioned his views..... Not long after took a job working for Peter's neighbours in East Yorkshire. His farm was exactly how I imagined it while reading his articles not a weed in sight. However in my cynical old age now they are not the 'best farmers in the world' as a lot of them like to think it is more to do with the brilliant free draining wold land in good cool climate fed by copious amounts of pig muck.... Tin hat on!

 

[glasshouse]

I remember Peter Hepworth came to do a farmers talk at Seale-Hayne when I was a student in the 90's. There was a lively debate when an environmentalist lady questioned his views..... Not long after took a job working for Peter's neighbours in East Yorkshire. His farm was exactly how I imagined it while reading his articles not a weed in sight. However in my cynical old age now they are not the 'best farmers in the world' as a lot of them like to think it is more to do with the brilliant free draining wold land in good cool climate fed by copious amounts of pig muck.... Tin hat on!

Hepworth was dead right about weeds, if u let them proliferate in the hedge, they spread into the field and tesult in a greater use of herbicide over the entire field.
I took over a farm which had had unsprayed game covers for years among five yr set aside.
The weed seed burden from those area was incredible.
I converted to a organic after a good cleanup,but those areas were only suitable for grass

 

[Pilatus]

I think Peter was a great farmer for the era he was farming in.
Unfortunately/fortunately times move and so must farmers ability to cope with different management practices to meet new environmental schemes, how strong minded Peter would have changed would have been interesting to see.
Are any of his now grown up children farming,or members of TFF?

 

[An Gof]

I remember Peter Hepworth came to do a farmers talk at Seale-Hayne when I was a student in the 90's. There was a lively debate when an environmentalist lady questioned his views..... Not long after took a job working for Peter's neighbours in East Yorkshire. His farm was exactly how I imagined it while reading his articles not a weed in sight. However in my cynical old age now they are not the 'best farmers in the world' as a lot of them like to think it is more to do with the brilliant free draining wold land in good cool climate fed by copious amounts of pig muck.... Tin hat on!

You obviously attended the same meeting that I did.

 

[yellow belly]

I some ways Peter Hepworth was ahead of the times
his views on soil worms and straw return and organic matter
if he was farming now he would be well on with notill and controlled Trafic

 

[Ray]

Once bought a D1000 baler and bale grab from Peter Hepworth many years ago, both like new and seen very little work. He then asked me if we could come and cut his remaining hedges down to about half the height they were currently as his regular guy had refused to carry this out.. Yes I replied and quoted.. "The man who does the paying also does the saying"... Our man went along and did as asked but weren't too happy about it as they were real tidy and looked quite hammered by time he'd done, Peter was well pleased and we carried on cutting them till he sadly passed away and the farm at Bainton was sold.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Hepworth was dead right about weeds, if u let them proliferate in the hedge, they spread into the field and tesult in a greater use of herbicide over the entire field.
I took over a farm which had had unsprayed game covers for years among five yr set aside.
The weed seed burden from those area was incredible.
I converted to a organic after a good cleanup,but those areas were only suitable for grass

if you smack hedges down so tight that wood work wont survive , then all that will survive will be the likes of wild grass and other weeds not shrubs , that combined min til will allow things like sterile brome and black grass to multiply.

as an example ..weeds dont grow in the cover of a nice beach hedge or holly do they .

 

[two-cylinder]

I could be very wrong on this but I believe Peter Hepworth died of a lung related disease,

I could be wrong though on both points.

I believe you are right?, I remember his last column began:
'Due to personal mismanagement of the past this column will be my last'

 

[JLLM]

I believe you are right?, I remember his last column began:
'Due to personal mismanagement of the past this column will be my last'

Yes, I remember that.