sign of the times

The agricultural college at Ayr… Auchincruive and the Hannah Institute are to close and move to an in town campus.. with no land 😮 how can you have an ag college with no land ??? . The land for these places were gifted to the people of Ayrshire for “Agricultural purposes”.. It is now to be developed into a housing estate of the upper class kind of place..immitation farm house type of places with big kitchens and beams glued to the ceiling..and inhabitited by folk who complain when a combine works past 8 at night and the “smell” of the country. How the hell they managed to translate “agricultural purposes” into “houses for wealthy people” beats me:mad:.. However… perhaps the agricultural community has brought this on itself.. for years farmers have been telling sons and daughters to find a career in anything but farming !! now the student numbers have fallen to an all time low and the men in suits have siezed the chance for short term gain and long term loss. There is a collection of rare trees that have been built up over the last 70 years for example, that they assure us the “bulldozers will stay away from”.. how far??? 10ft and these guys think they are doing us a favour.. blood pressure rising.. going to put the new pole on my mower….
John