The first incarnation of the Range Rover in the 1970s was a rugged, utilitarian beast ideal for farmers.
The farmers believe the phenomenon is a product of the extensive quality time they spend with their bovine friends, not to mention the classical music they pipe into the beasts' barns to improve the flavour of the cheese.
A high temperature reading coupled with high heart and respiratory rates, for example, cause a flashing banner to pop up on the screen, with an advisory to isolate cow number 34 for early fever symptoms; an elevated heart rate and temperature in an otherwise normal beast might alert the farmer that Bessie, number 22, is in heat.
Whether wallowing in cool water or ruining a farmer's crops, these beasts, which number 6m or so, are an increasing nuisance.
Already, he buys whole beasts from a local farmer, the legs to be roasted for the Pig & Whistle, his nearby pub, the loins and posher cuts for Rogan & Co, his second smart place in Cartmel.
Asda plans to slaughter its beasts younger than the Australian farmer does, which means that its animals will not have had time to gain as much fat.
(Picture book; ages 4 to 8) Another hapless farmer beset by disobedient beasts!
The Welsh farmer who'd provided the beasts was mightily impressed.
The horse is owned by a farmer who depends on this ailing beast for his livelihood. 1 June.
Domesticated animals, part of his life as a farmer, appeared in realistic detail, but wild beasts were more idealized and decorative.
