Eighteen year old Jayne Tithecott, of Inglenook, 

Glenburnie Road, Bideford, has been elected Buckland Brewer Dairy Maid. Jayne, a member of Buckland Brewer YFC, is a student at the North Devon College.

North Devon’s Dairy Maid will be chosen at Barnstaple next month.

Gazette article dated 5 March 1976

Spring

Lambs are a sure sign of Spring and pictured, held by the photgraphers's daughter, Miss Kaye Woodward, are the day-old quadruplet lambs born on the farm of Mr Charles Martin, of Beam, Torrington.

Gazette article dated 2 March 1951

Hartland man's steer first on hoof and hook

Hartland farmer Mr. F.E. Pickard, of Beckland, was the only exhibitor at Bideford Christmas livestock and carcase shows this week whose entry gained first prize on both the hoof and the hook.

He won first class awards in the class of steers with three or four teeth at the livestock show on Monday and at the carcase show at Bideford Abattoir on Wednesday.

The champion beast on the hoof, entered by Mr. W. J. Johns, of Bulworthy, Alverdiscott, was third when judged on the hook in its class of steers with one

Shebbear Young Farmers’ Club has had an exceptionally successful season,

as the array of trophies in the photograph illustrates

One of their members, Miss Sylvia Davey, won the Martin Cup as the champion YFC member of Devon, also the club prize for the girl member gaining most points.

Miss Peggy Tidball won the cup given by the Danish Young Farmers. Robery Ley won the cup for the boy member gaining most points. The club also holds the Lister Cup won at the Devon rally and the Torridge Group and junior trophies.

Members of the winning teams are in the photograph

Comments at Torrington NFU meeting

He welcomed the chance to express his horror that such a thing could happen in this country, said Mr L G F Horrell, chairman of the Executive Committee of Devon Agricultural Milk Committee, when it was announced at a meeting of Torrington NFU at Beaford last week that a consignment of milk tablets had arrived at Dolton School.

Liquid milk consumption by the general public was too low already. By getting yougsters into the habit of taking liquid milk they were encouraging them to continue it in adult life.

Mr J Lake said in Beaford

Buckland Brewer brothers win in ploughing matches

Brothers David and Norman Poole maintained the family tradition at the Torridge Group of Young Farmers’ Clubs’ ploughing match on Friday, carrying off five prizes between them.

The match was at Gribble, Little Torrington, the farm of the President, Mr G Crocker. The group incorporates Bradworthy, Buckland Brewer, Hartland, Little Torrington, Shebbear and Clawton clubs. Group leader is Mr A Bewes, chairman Mr D Crocker, hon. treasurer Miss A Goaman and joint hon. secretaries Messrs D Daniel and D Cobbledick.

Results – N Poole; B Cottle; A Watts; D Poole; E Ley; K Redwood;

£27,500 For An Abbotsham Farm

On Tuesday, at Mitchell’s Café, Bideford, Messrs Hannaford Ward and Southcombe Ltd, negotiated the sale of Pusehill Farm , Abbotsham, for Mr L Bellew, the various lots selling for a total of £27,500.

The sale attracted a record attendance, and the bidding was very keenly contested. The six lots were disposed of as follows:

Lot 1: Pusehill House, buildings and 80 acres of land - £10,600 to Mr A P Tucker, of Westward Ho!
Lot 2: Small holding comprising 17 acres - £3,800 to Mr William Beer, of Bideford.
Lot 3: 49 acres of freehold land, known as

Hosts, Hartland Young Farmers’ Club finished third when a friendly Y.F.C. quiz was held at the Hartland Church Hall on Tuesday night.

Three club teams visited Hartland for the quiz – Bradworthy, Buckland Brewer and Shebbear. The contest resulted: Bradworthy 30 ½ points, Buckland 28, Hartland 22 ½, Shebbear 14 ½. Tuesday’s quiz was one of a series of friendly contests arranged by the local Y.F.C.s.

Question-master was Mr. F. M. Shore, of Bideford, group secretary of the Torridge branches of the N.F.U. Adjudicators were Messrs. L. Goaman and E. G. Quance.

Members of the teams were: Hartland – W. Goaman, D. Williams, J. Heard,

These early lambs

provide triple proof that the long winter days will not last for ever and that Spring is on the way

Triplets Donna, Tracey (Tracie) and Jackie Waldon, 14 year old daughters of Mr and Mrs Brian Waldon, of 18 Barton Tors, Bideford, found the young lambs appealing playmates when they visited Southcott Ash Farm, Parkham, the home of Mr and Mrs R L Dunn. Coincidentally, the lambs were all born on the same day, too, although to two different mothers.

Gazette article dated 20 January 1978

Throughout the country Young Farmers’ Clubs are helping to fit a new generation of British farmers for their part in the great industry of agriculture.

Typical of the friendly rivalry that exists between neighbouring branches was the Quiz contest at Buckland Brewer last week when the Bradworthy Club Advisory Committee challenged the local committee to a test of knowledge of agriculture and general topics. A close contest was won by Buckland Brewer by only five points.

One of the most interesting, and certainly the most amusing, items on the programme were the one-minute speeches on subjects selected by Mr R