Selling

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Hello again. Sorry I haven’t written a blog in a while because there hasn’t been much going on. I have had a busy few weeks at school because on the night before Remembrance Day my school got burgled. The burglars came to our school at about midnight and broke through a window next to the bike shed into the front office. When they finally got in the alarm went off. They fled but picked up the Remembrance Day poppy money but managed to find time to write on the poppy box ‘WE DON’T CARE!’ So our school have set up a campaign called ‘WE DO CARE’ because at our school we take these things very seriously. The press came in and because I am part of the campaign they decided to take a photo of me for the paper. I thought it would be on the inside of the paper but it was on the Front Cover. That night the burglars went to four different places and stole the poppy money. I think it is disgraceful. On a positive note the school have really pulled together and we have already raised enough money to replace the stolen collection.

On the sheep side of life it has been quite busy. My granddad came down to see us this week. I asked him to bring down a ‘High energy’ lick to give to the ewes because they need to get a bit healthier. I have one ewe which isn’t very well. We think it might have a liver problem. I asked my granddad if he could have a look at the ewe and he said that it had a liver problem. I have taken it upon my self to sell it. It is going on Tuesday to a livestock mart. I know that I will only get about £50 because it is so lean. I will probably not buy another ewe this year but might buy a ewe with lambs next year once I have lambed the others.

If you have any questions about the WE DO CARE campaign or if you have any questions about the farm just leave a comment.

Thank you,

Jack

The Burglary

Hello everyone,

You are probably wondering what the title means but I will get to that later. Last week I was on my half term so we have some people to stay. My Great Aunt Di came down to see us for 5 nights as we don't get to see her much because she lives in Northumberland and we live in Worcestershire. As I have said in previous blogs I went to a sale and bought two pairs of handshears. Both of them were very rusty. So Great Aunt Di and I went to a hard wear shop and bought some rust remover and a rust brush. We came home and got the shears out and started working. The bigger pair were so rusty the rust had stuck to the shears so we couldn't get the rust off. But on the other shears the rust came of nicely. So Aunty Di and I walked over to the sheep because one of the four had a dirty backend so we had to clean it up. We did it and it was a good days work. After she had gone we had some more visters from Northumberland. They were my mum's good friends. Their son James helped my to get the sheep in again and do their feet. We do this every 4-6 months just to make sure that they are not getting foot root or they are lame. Sometimes they are lame after we have checked them so we have to get them back in to make sure the foot is clean and healthy.

Now to the exciting bit!! The BURGLARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One Tuesday Night when the air was cold a young boy (me) was enjoying Jonny English (it is great) at the cinema. When he had just got in to the house the phone rang. "Hello" he said and then
"Hi , its Chris. (he is the owner of the field) There has been a burglary!!! The sheep are fine but the Electric Fence is Bust."
"Oh no!!!!!" Jack replied,
"Its ok. The main thing is that the sheep are ok!" said Chris,
"I will be round in the morning to see." The confusion went on.

As he said he was there the very next day and I saw something amazing.The robbers had got stuck in the electric fence and it was on. They had broken it in half and could have been nearly killed. They had planned it so well, they had wheelbarrows in the next door field to put everything into.

I have had one question online and it is as follows:
What does E.I.D sand for?
This is a very good Question. The answer is that it stands for Electronic Identification.

Thank you for your question please ask me more!

Jack