The herdsmen that I know DO NOT do the mucking out. That's for the lower down farm hands to do. Ruth At 7:11 AM +0100 4/3/04, Roy wrote: >Mucking out, as they so politely put it today! > >Kind Regards > >June & Roy >http://www.btinternet.com/~roy.cox/index.htm -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

Provided there are Lower hands employed of course? Wartime was a good example when not too many farm workers were around even though they were exempted from active service. But I do know what you are saying and everyone has to start somewhere? Kind Regards June & Roy http://www.btinternet.com/~roy.cox/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: Ruth Barton [mailto:mrgjb@sover.net] Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 5:30 PM To: Roy; OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [OEL] Re: Cowkeepers The herdsmen that I know DO NOT do the mucking out. That's for the lower down farm hands to do. Ruth At 7:11 AM +0100 4/3/04, Roy wrote: >Mucking out, as they so politely put it today! > >Kind Regards > >June & Roy >http://www.btinternet.com/~roy.cox/index.htm -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT