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<blockquote data-quote="Dry Rot" data-source="post: 3936604" data-attributes="member: 4505"><p>I remember being told a similar story of land being unlettable back in the 1930s? The tenant ring fenced the land somewhere down south and imported a train load of sheep from Scotland. I gather that was a success.</p><p></p><p>Not so long ago I was chatting to someone I was at school with who had moved to France to farm. The prices for mutton were very different back then. We were exploring the possibilities of taking a lorry load or two of sheep from Scotland across to France. The idea somewhat escalated when my friend came up with a customer who wanted to purchase 30,000 lambs. I soon found a dealer who thought buying that number was not a problem. (Lairg mart used to sell 30,000 in one day). Then we discovered who the dealer in France was. Anyone remember the scandal of a similar scheme in Wales that went tits up when they got sheep scab on the holding farm? That was quite a story. Anyway, the man disappeared leaving a horror in animal welfare and was last reported to be buying horses in Eastern Europe. With any luck, he will now be behind bars.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dry Rot, post: 3936604, member: 4505"] I remember being told a similar story of land being unlettable back in the 1930s? The tenant ring fenced the land somewhere down south and imported a train load of sheep from Scotland. I gather that was a success. Not so long ago I was chatting to someone I was at school with who had moved to France to farm. The prices for mutton were very different back then. We were exploring the possibilities of taking a lorry load or two of sheep from Scotland across to France. The idea somewhat escalated when my friend came up with a customer who wanted to purchase 30,000 lambs. I soon found a dealer who thought buying that number was not a problem. (Lairg mart used to sell 30,000 in one day). Then we discovered who the dealer in France was. Anyone remember the scandal of a similar scheme in Wales that went tits up when they got sheep scab on the holding farm? That was quite a story. Anyway, the man disappeared leaving a horror in animal welfare and was last reported to be buying horses in Eastern Europe. With any luck, he will now be behind bars. [/QUOTE]
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