Day five...
Left even earlier.... Arrived in bramley car park just after 8! Defiantly not late today... Under 19 yo's went for their student safety talks, the remaining oldies (yep me) had a workshop lesson on a lovely Massey Ferguson model. Sides removed, Andy got us looking for parts of the tractor we could remember from the main component lesson. Each part then described in much further detail with functions and purposes discussed and explained. To become a good tractor driver one must also be able to effectively and efficiently operate the machine... I found this lesson really interesting, having never really looked under a tractors hood before!
We congregated back at the workshop for another 'field' test... But as a consequence of the previous days rain.. Field day ruled out.. So we split back up in to our two working groups where it was our workshop practical session, so as a refresher for those missing earlier, we re-capped on the tractors main components where thankfully I remembered a few notes from earlier... I know there will be a lot to remember with regards to machinery, but I thoroughly enjoyed my first taster!
Once the Massey had her clothes put back on, we headed outside to the yard to have a practice of hitching up and reversing a trailer - practice makes perfect after all.
** fuel from priming pump goes to filter which then goes to the fuel injection pump * psi = pounds per square inch * pre cleaner * driven tyre pattern * pick up hitch = hook * pressure in fuel pump 25,000 psi **
Our afternoon lectures were classroom based and we covered quite a lot from undertaking sheep production to promoting animal health to farm livestock husbandry... Lots to take in of course, as I do not have all of the relevant experience, but interesting all the same. There are many breeds and I will need to learn these for tests that crop up in the next few weeks, and of course a major note to point out with all this talk of livestock and farming is that as a vegetarian!!! I am continually learning about rearing animals for what they were originally designed to do - providing meat and meat by-products.. This I am taking in my stride!
Full on days learning! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh and a reminder that I have an assignment that needs doing and handing in next week.. Homework indeed..
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