Summary
THIS year looks set to be a difficult period for agricultural shows, but certainly not the event staged by the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland which can trace its history back to a meeting in the autumn of 1783 in the Royal Exchange of Edinburgh - the building that is now the City Chambers.
The main reason that there could well be problems with shows over the next few months is the advent of bluetongue disease in the southern half of England.See the full content of this document
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Agricultural Rites On
This pestilence is spread by midges which then bite cattle, sheep and goats and can result in considerable fatalities. A vaccination programme has now commenced in England, but that is runn...
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