Country diary 1951: Animals left to wither away outside inadequate slaughterhouses
28 June 1951: The much-talked of state-owned experimental abattoirs have not been builtHEREFORD: With the departure of the high winds, rain has come again in a steady, dreary drizzle. To-day we should have been hay-making: it is as well that none is yet turned and that not much is cut. Rams are sitting each against the trunk of an apple tree: the sheltering branches form big green umbrellas. Nasty selfish creatures. Janice seems to think, so I have brought her…
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