10 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November H. 1970 Ulster Is the Land of the Green Third Report From United Kingdom By Judy l.ongenecker IFYK Ambassador Allei :i delay of two limns in Edmbuigh on August 2(> I was well on nn wa\ to .1 delightful two weeks in l.ondomlei i> Counts. Not (hem It el.nut Af ter dossing Hie lush Se.i 1 saw below me the vast beautiful pal lein of given meeit fields m dividuall.v outlined In hedge rows During nn stav heie. I soon learned lh.it the landscape wa quite vaned fiom loekv. sleep coastlines to highland tenant (similar to Scotland), othei pails almost banen and locky, and of couise. the gicen gieeit fields of faimland. As dunng all of im exenange. I was hosted b\ a membei of the Young Faimeis Clubs of Ulster I was also given my fist opportunity to show my slides fiom the States Before going into much de tail, I should intioduce you to my host family, the John Kmpes The Kmpes live just south of the town of Kilrae in Londondeny County The fami ly consists of six childien. aged 14 to 7 yeais (including a set of twms) One can imagine theie was ne\ei a dull moment' Mi Kmpe specializes in egg pioduction with batleiv hens ■When the new houses aie com pleted and filled they will house 120,000 hens This is the laigest hen opeiation I ve seen and I do undei stand this is the laigest m Xoithem lieland While living in Ulstei, I found my da>s filled to the bum, visiting many points of jnteiest The fast weekend after ?i riving, I found myself tiavelmg to anothei pait of Ireland the Republic We tiaveled 85 miles to Port do blaugh m Dongeal County The Poit is a veiy small seaside village, consisting of holidaymakei s (vacationeis) Dongeal is mountaineous, locks ■lost e\ erywheie, and many of Judy Longcnecker Til Remember Irish Nile’ the farmeis don’t have moie than seveial good arable fields, the lemamder is grazing land Life is very slow, one even loses track of the time of day, not to mention days of the week Don geal is mtei nationally known for their Dongeal Tweeds, which are leally beautiful w oolens Emoule to Dongeal, we pass ed tluough the city oi London denv, which I must admit doesnt leave one with a leal sense oi seem itv While I was in Denv I didn’t see any uots but like elsewheie one leally doesnt leahze the piessuie while staying m the countij Of couise, m the city theie was the ever piesenee of soldiers in their sandbag bamers on the stieet coineis To me, it was almost like seeing a movie but then one realizes I’m right here seeing it for myself. Since I’m leally covering fine distinct aieas of countnes on my exchange, I’ve found mu seums a great aid in learning the culture In Ulster, I visited the Falk Museum and heie houses and workshops are mov- ed fiom their oilginal location to the Falk Park stone by stone Included in the Falk Park weie an eighteenth ccnltny laborer's house, a spade mill, a faun house with thatched loof. a flax mill, weavci's shed anti house, a foige and another eighteenth century faimhonse Heie in the Museum. I learned the method of bucking peal, diving it and using it for winter's feed. Peat bogs aic ever present m Ulslei and today peat is sill used foi fuel. While hung hcic, I had the opportunity to visit a domestic science (home economics) col lege. The college was the Do mestic Science College m Bel fast. I learned that they offer four certificates The teachei's diploma in domestic science, post graduate catering teachei’s certificate, national diploma in institutional management, and the cook-caterer’s certificate. Two of the certificates are three-year courses, and the others are one year courses. When comparing these certifi cates to the innumerable areas offered in home economics in the States, I was lather surpus ed But I wasn’t the only one. for my guide too was quite HOG SYSTEMS OR EQUIPMENT BIG DUTCHMAN HAS IT ALL! 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Ulster is a i datively small count).v having a total of 3.332.- 000 acres with 2.750,000 acics in agricultural use Thcic aic three mam industncs- ship building, textiles (linen) and agncultuie. There aic appioxi mately 37.000 faim businesses, with half of these involved in danying The lemamder specia lize in cropping, intensive hog or poultiy units or mixed farms with no piedominate single en terprise. Ulster, like the remainder of the United Kingdom, has a great deal of government sup port in agriculture. The govern ment sets up marketing boards which buy the agricultural com modity and if the market price isn’t up to the standard pncp, the farmer is compensated for the difference. Marketing boards are on the local level for milk pigs and seed potatoes. In the areas of eggs and wool, the board is lor the whole of the United King dom. Fat cattle and fat sheep are marketed under the Fat stock Guartene Scheme LESS LABOR EASY MANAGEMENT There m e .il.so other schemes lo eneour.mr lainier* to enlmge farms and have bigger herds or flocks as the case may he. One good illustration is the Hill Fanning schemes, to cn toutage mou cattle A subsidy is paid to the farmci for each bleeding cow kept Another pays a subsidy for each hauly hill ewe These subsidies are to help with the cost of winter feed. The value of the agricultural output m 1968 69 was 135 mil lion pounds (or $330 million). This accounted for seven per cent of the total of the United Kingdom's agi icultural output. At piesent, barren, boggy aieas are being taken hy the ministiy of agnculture foi *he planting of conifer trees. A total of 150,000 aci es is to be planted, with 95,000 act es already done. In years to come, Ulster should be self-supporting in soft woods. Fisheries also represent a big part of Ulster’s agriculture. The fishing fleet realized a total of 1,000,000 pounds (or $2,500,000) in 1969. There are also commer cial fisheues for both salmon and eels with a total of 200,000 pounds and 338.000 pounds respectively. (Continued on Page 11) k Phone 354-5168
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