As a daft laddie in the 1950s (see the editor 2nd from right above at Demesne Farm in Bellingham, with l to r Jack & Bob Beattie; the l...

By Clive Dalton The late Harold Orton was a Professor in the English Department at the University of Leeds where his students used to go out...

By Roland Bibby Northumbriana , No 37. Spring 1989 ISSN 0306-4809 The famous burr of Northumberland, the choking, rendering “r” sound, or r...

By Alison Johnson From a paper prepared when a final honours student at the School of English, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Printed i...

By Alison Johnson From a paper prepared when a final honours student at the School of English, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Print...

Acidulated: Fertiliser manufacturing process where acids are used. Aeration: Process where air gets into the soil pores. Aggregate: Cluste...

Meat breeds Awassi (fat-tailed) Dorper Dorset Down Dorset Horn Hampshire Oxford Down Polled Dorset Ryeland Shropshire South Dorset South Dor...

AB: Artificial Breeding. Term used in New Zealand and Australia for AI. Abortion: Premature birth of the foetus. Afterbirth: Membrane surro...

Albumen: Protein that makes up the white of an egg. Is made up of four different layers. Australorp: Dual purpose (eggs and meat) breed o...

Baconer: Pig slaughtered at about 80 kg liveweight (60kg carcass) to produce bacon and ham. Barrow: A castrated male pig. Boar: Usually ...

Aerobic: Chemical process that needs oxygen. Anaerobic: Chemical process that does not need oxygen. Annual ryegrass: Fast-establishing, win...

Accelerated conditioining (AC): Electrical stimulation of a carcass after dressing to stimulate rigor mortis which reduces toughness when fr...

Bloodstock: Thoroughbred horses used for racing. Brood mare: Mare kept for breeding. Bronc (bronco): Wild or half tamed horse used for bucki...

Angora: The fibre from an Angora or mohair goat. Age: Kid - 8 temporary milk teeth in the top. Goatling(hogget) - centre pair start to erup...