Children of Elsie and Walter Stapleton Caldecott

Mr E. Binns Caldecott, of Field House Dairy Farm, Houghton-le-Spring, has been awarded a certificate of merit by the Durham County Council for proficiency and care taken in the handling of milk in the recent County clean milk competition. Last year Mr Caldecott was the winner of the bronze medal in this competition.

GRADE "A" MILK and NEW-LAID EGGS.

By adhering to a strict policy of Quality and Cleanliness we have built up one of the most comprehensive Milk Rounds in Sunderland. Visit the farm at any time and see the cows milked by electricity.

E. BINNS CALDECOTT,

Field House Dairy Farm, Houghton-le-Spring (Tel., 98 Houghton).

MEMBERS of Sunderland Inner Wheel, an increasingly ambitious body of women, are to have what promises to be a most entertaining and instructive afternoon to-morrow.

They are to visit the farm of Mr E. Binns Caldecott, Houghton-le-Spring, where they will see the entire process of milking.

At this model farm they will see the cows being milked by electric milking machines, and the dairy where the milk is bottled, disced, and capped and placed in the electric refrigerator ready for dispatch.

After this (to the town dwellers at any rate) interesting tour of inspection the guests will afterwards by entertained to tea by Mrs E. Binns Caldecott.

hosted a visit from the Northern Branch of the Society of Medical officers, after which tea was served at Field House Farm

CERTIFIED & TUBERCULIN TESTED MILK.

ASK YOUR DOCTOR IF THIS IS THE WORLD'S BEST MILK.

Produced and retailed by—

E. BINNS CALDECOTT,

FIELD HOUSE MODEL DAIRY FARM - - - HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING.

Tel. 98 Houghton.

Are YOU Satisfied With YOUR MILK SUPPLY?

CERTIFIED AND GRADE "A" TUBERCULIN TESTED MILK

can be obtained from—

E. BINNS CALDECOTT,

Field House Dairy Farm, Houghton-le-Spring

(Tel., 98 Houghton).

Be sure that your Milk is TUBERCULIN TESTED.

GIVE YOUR CHILDREN THE BEST.

CERTIFIED MILK, 6d per pint. TUBERCULIN TESTED, 4½d per pint.

E. BINNS CALDECOTT,

FIELD HOUSE MODEL DAIRY FARM - - - HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING.

Tel., Houghton 98.

Out of a class of 12 entries at the British Dairy Farmers' Association's 58th annual show, which opened at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, to-day, an Ayrshire heifer Caigton Swan, owned by Mr E. Binns Caldecott, of Houghton-le-Spring, gained second prize.

This is the first local Ayrshire to win in London.

HAYSTACK BLAZE

Early this morning a fire was discovered in a haystack at Field House Farm, Houghton, occupied by Mr D. Binns Caldecott.

The National Fire Service attended with several pumps, but the fire had got a good hold and continued to burn for some time before being got under control.

One large stack was destroyed and the damage is estimated at about £500.

Yorkshire cattle for Ceylon

Pedigree Ayrshire cattle from Yorkshire will be sailing for Ceylon in the autumn. Mr. E. Binns-Caldecott, of Burrill Manor, Bedale, an expert on Ayrshires and the owner of the Bedale herd, has just returned from a three-months' tour of the East during which the Government of Ceylon invited him to inspect the country's dairy herds. The Government and private planters commissioned him to purchase and arrange the export of pedigree Ayrshire stock from this country.

The stock will consist of heifers in calf. Some will come from the Bedale herd and Mr. Binns-Caldecott will select others from herds in England and Scotland. He says that Ayrshires stand up to tropical conditions remarkably well and are becoming very popular in Ceylon.

Manor house becomes a modern farm

The traditions and charm of Burrill Manor, near Bedale, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Binns-Caldecott, blend tastefully with one of the North Riding's outstanding farming enterprises.

Around the mid-17th Century house are 450 acres, farmed by Mr. Binns-Caldecott and his stepson, Mr. Edward Nicholson, who are now producing more than a ton of milk a day from their pedigree heard of attested Ayrshires. The 100 milch cows are all housed under one roof in one of the best mistals I have seen, and the farm is a model of self-sufficiency and labour-saving devices for the workers. Before moving to Yorkshire, Mr. Binns-Caldecott farmed for many years in County Durham.

He took over at Burrill Manor in 1945, and the farm at one time consisted of three separate holdings, so there was no shortage of farm buildings. Since then these have been gradually brought up to modern standards, with the co-operation of the owner of the estate, Colonel Curzon-Howe-Herrick, who is himself farming on a large scale. From a layout which was completely out of date for good dairy herd management the reconstruction scheme has gone forward progressively, and now, in its almost completed form, is a perfect example of a joint landlord and tenant operation.

[ . . . ] Mr. Binns-Caldecott is responsible for the stock and general administration, while his younger partner is more concerned with the arable side of the farm and the machinery.

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FRESH FIELDS

A FORMER chairman of Sunderland and South Shields Branch of the N.F.U., Mr Edward Binns-Caldecott, has been appointed the Ministry of Agriculture representative on the North Riding Agricultural Executive Committee.

Mr Binns-Caldecott is the eldest son of Mrs Caldecott, of Andania, Middle Herrington, and the late Captain Walter S. Caldecott. After leaving school he went to Canada, where he took a course in agriculture at the University of Guelph. On his return he served his farming apprenticeship with Mr Ralph Seymour at Tunstall.

He then took over a small farm at Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring, and in 1926 acquired Field House Farm in the same district. Since 1945 he has been farming at Burrill Manor, Bedale.

Mr Binns-Caldecott is Rector's Warden at Bedale Church, a committee member of Bedale branch of the N.F.U., a Council member of the Ayrshire Cattle Herd Book Society, and a referee for the Livestock and Dairy Division of the Ministry of Agriculture.

"Family Pastimes" in "Family Affairs" on Tuesday, April 29, introduces Mr. and Mrs. Donald Caldecott and their son Barrie to offer practical advice on how to enjoy water sports.