LETTER OF THE WEEK
When the old ways are best
really enjoyed this week’s , there was a good array of stories and subjects. Of particular interest was David Tomlinson’s section, which mentioned the cheap natural-fertiliser benefits from grazing sheep, over expensive modern chemical alternatives. By coincidence, I was talking to a local farmer who was moaning about the herd of 20-plus red deer that he often finds grazing on his emerging winter wheat. He was concerned about the reds causing irreparable crop damage, but my father can remember when, in the 1950s, it was commonplace for ewes to be turned out on the winter wheat in spring. It was felt that the wheat being
