Village Voice June/July 2014 | Page 17

discussed. As previously mentioned, depending on the year of birth, the registered name has to begin with the letter for that year as dictated by the Charolais Society, so 2014 is ‘J’. Can you guess...? With the prefix first, his pedigree name is ‘Goscombe Jacksons First’, Jacko for short. April ended with the arrival of ‘Farleycopse Horatio’ my new 2 year old Charolais stock bull who went straight out to join 11 cows in the field opposite the yard and what a happy chappy he was. Within a couple of hours he was so settled, you would have thought he had always been on the farm. He is a very impressive chap and I have high hopes for his offspring. FROM STEVE BRINE MP As the economy recovers, and new jobs are created, we hear a great deal from politicians about the measures we have taken to encourage such enterprise. And it’s