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-Women make up the majority

-of the veterinary workforce.

-Are there additional challenges

-for women on the farm?

-The standard of our work

-is just as good as men's.

-I hope farmers agree with me.

-Also tonight, is tourism the way

-forward for the farming industry?

-Tourism has helped our farm.

-We've done more on the farm...

-..after investing the money

-gained by tourism.

-We celebrate the enterprise

-of two brothers from Mold.

-The Jones' strength

-is the quality of the baler.

-It was a baler designed to work for

-hours on end without any problems.

-It's challenging

-but satisfying work.

-You need strength

-and technical skills.

-For people who work as vets, they

-gain great pleasure from the work.

-There are more women than ever

-before working as vets, almost 60%.

-Is being a woman

-in this profession difficult?

-Back in 1949...

-..only 12% of women

-studied a veterinary course...

-..compared to 77% today.

-Attitudes have evidently changed

-over the years.

-What are the experiences

-of women working as vets today?

-Bethan Griffith graduated

-as a vet four years ago.

-She works for Milfeddygon Deufor

-in Y Ffor.

-She was raised on

-Bodwi Farm, Mynytho, near Abersoch.

-She also uses her veterinary skills

-at home when needed.

-I was concerned about returning home

-to work straight after graduating.

-Everyone knows one another in Lleyn.

-If something goes wrong or something

-happens, everyone knows about it.

-I was under more pressure

-to do well and succeed in this area.

-What's your work schedule?

-What do you do from day to day?

-No two days are alike.

-That's one of the things

-that appeals to me about the work.

-I like being out on the farms

-with the large animals.

-Much of my time is spent outside.

-Every now and then we have to cover

-a surgery with the cats and dogs.

-You can be out testing for TB

-one day...

-..before receiving a call

-to deliver a calf by Caesarean.

-Then you visit a sick animal

-at the end of the day.

-Are there any disadvantages

-for female vets?

-The profession has changed a lot

-in recent years.

-When you assess the difference

-between men and women...

-..you think about size and strength.

-When we're out on the farms,

-that doesn't affect our work.

-Over the past few years, resources

-for handling animals have improved.

-Every farm we visit has a crush.

-Once the animal's in the crush,

-safe and sound...

-..women can do the job

-to the same standard as the men.

-I don't think

-it's a disadvantage at all.

-Kate O'Sullivan has been a vet

-for almost 30 years.

-She's now a partner in Ystwyth Vets.

-Why do you think so many women

-want to become vets?

-I don't think it's odd

-that so many women want to do it.

-I feel that women

-enjoy working with people.

-They enjoy the variety of the work,

-they enjoy working with animals.

-It's a hugely challenging job,

-you face many challenges.

-There are a lot of problems

-to solve, it's scientific.

-Women are attracted

-by the variety in the work.

-You have four children.

-How difficult is balancing working

-as a vet and raising a family?

-I think that's the most

-difficult question.

-This is the greatest question

-facing the profession right now.

-On a personal level,

-I'm married to a vet.

-We've shared a job.

-I bought into the practice

-after the third child.

-Since then, I've shared the job and

-shared domestic responsibilities.

-This is how we've been able to solve

-the problem of doing both things.

-We can both be hands on

-in the job all the time.

-Unless you have

-a flexible family system...

-..where you have a husband

-who can fulfil a role at home...

-..it can be more difficult

-to work full time in a practice...

-..at a time

-when your children are young.

-Every year, Coleg Sir Gar Gelli Aur

-organise a workshop...

-..for international vets.

-One of the leaders

-is Dr Neil Paton...

-..a lecturer

-at the Royal Veterinary College.

-In the veterinary profession, more

-women are being vets these days...

-..and that's not a problem.

-Women vets can cope

-with any problem...

-..that the veterinary medicine

-throws at them.

-Anything that farmers need to do...

-..the vets are more than capable

-of doing that job.

-I want to be a vet.

-This course concentrates

-on farming and food production.

-It's been very interesting to see

-the other side of being a vet...

-..not just working with pets

-in the practices.

-It's been good seeing

-all the different animals.

-I've never worked with goats before

-and this is a goat farm.

-It's been really good,

-I've enjoyed it.

-The vet told me that it all comes

-down to technique and experience.

-With so many women

-joining the industry...

-..farmers are getting used

-to dealing with women.

-They know how to do their jobs.

-They can do it,

-they just need the right technique.

-As Wales' Chief

-Veterinary Officer...

-..has Christianne Glossop faced

-any obstacles in her career?

-I set my heart on becoming a vet

-when I was 13 years old.

-I was pestering my mother because

-I was desperate to become a vet.

-She took me

-to the local vet practice...

-..and introduced me to Jim Goodwin

-who took me under his wing.

-He was a mentor to me from that day.

-When I was at college,

-there were 70 students in a year.

-There were 22 women

-and all the rest were men.

-That has completely reversed now.

-I've done lots of different things

-in my career.

-I've been in practice, I've worked

-in research and industry.

-Obviously,

-I've got a very different role now.

-I think, as a woman,

-all you've got to do...

-..is show that you know

-what you're doing...

-..that you ask

-if you don't know something...

-..and you demonstrate your

-commitment, passion and expertise.

-Most people will understand

-and accept you...

-..just as much as if you were a man.

-Do Bethan and Kate feel

-any disadvantages in being women...

-..in the veterinary sector?

-When vets turn up on farms,

-farmers have always expected a man.

-During the time I've been working,

-that's changed.

-I don't think there are any

-disadvantages to being a female vet.

-The standard of our work

-is just as good as men's.

-I hope farmers agree with me

-on that.

-That's all for Part 1.

-Join us after the break

-when we hear two stories...

-..linked to history and diversity.

-See you soon.

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-With 75m people visiting Wales

-for a day every year...

-..spending about 2.7bn...

-..there are plenty

-of opportunities...

-..for those who want to benefit

-from the tourist industry.

-One family that's made the most of

-the resources it has on the farm...

-..are Bernard and Margaret Llewellyn

-Carreg Cennen, Trapp, Llandeilo.

-The family used to earn a living

-through farming only...

-..but over the past 30 years...

-..tourism has become

-more important...

-..through their tearoom,

-shop and wedding venue...

-..in the shadow of the castle.

-Today, the whole family

-is part of the enterprise...

-..including youngest daughter

-Angharad.

-This is unique. Not every farmer

-can say they own a castle.

-No, it's definitely very special.

-This was the start for my parents

-when they decided...

-..to do something different

-apart from farming.

-How difficult is it

-to combine tourism and farming?

-It's not easy. It's hard keeping

-everybody happy all the time.

-If you're doing something

-on the farm...

-..you make sure it doesn't affect

-people visiting the shop and cafe.

-Which one gets the priority -

-farming or tourism?

-Definitely tourism.

-We've been staging weddings

-for the past 20 years.

-That's taken up a lot of our time

-as a family.

-We put so much into the weddings.

-That's taken over.

-The farm is as important now

-as it ever was for the family...

-..but they're less reliant on it

-for their income.

-They farm 200 sheep

-and 50 long horn cattle...

-..a breed popular with tourists.

-The cattle are perfect

-for tourism and agriculture.

-Yes, they are.

-The cattle look special

-on the farm and castle grounds.

-When tourists arrive, they want

-to know the location of the cattle.

-We also show the cattle

-so we'll have some up in the shed.

-Everyone enjoys going up

-to see them.

-It's a working farm

-and that can make it difficult...

-..if you're working

-with the sheep and cattle...

-..and people want to see

-what's going on.

-People enjoy visiting

-a working farm.

-Every year, between 70,000

-and 80,000 people visit the farm.

-They're open every day of the year

-apart from Christmas.

-Take us back to the beginning.

-Why did you feel that you needed

-to move towards tourism?

-We saw the potential

-when we had an open day.

-At that time, we were milking cows.

-We made more money from two churns

-of milk we sold as milkshakes...

-..than we did

-out of the whole of the bulk tank.

-When you were starting off,

-what was your biggest challenge?

-I suppose it's about compromise.

-If you are running two businesses...

-..one is going to suffer

-for the other.

-We compromise where it's

-to the advantage of us financially.

-Often, I've stopped

-turning hay and silage...

-..and gone into the shop to wash up.

-Keeping the retail

-and catering side going...

-..is more important than keeping

-the farming side going.

-That's a terrible thing to say

-but you have to compromise.

-My grandfather always used to say

-that you can't live off the view.

-He was probably wrong!

-He said, "Thoust'll never sell

-water." He was wrong there too.

-The entire family helps out

-in Carreg Cennen.

-How do they get on in the workplace?

-This business

-is a real family business.

-Oh, yes.

-There's two sides to that.

-It can be difficult.

-Mam, Dad, Nia and myself

-get on well together.

-Elen also helps out.

-It can be difficult

-when you are stuck in your ways.

-It's then difficult

-to change things.

-Mam doesn't like anything new.

-As children, we're trying

-to do things differently.

-Brexit is on the horizon.

-Is it more important than ever

-before to source additional income?

-Definitely. The tourism business

-has helped our farm here.

-We've been able to invest

-more money in the farm...

-..and made it work for us...

-..by spending the money

-the tourism business has given us.

-Both businesses run side by side but

-the final word goes to Bernard...

-..and his advice to farmers

-considering diversification.

-Not my words of wisdom

-but a lot of words of wisdom...

-..have come out of China

-over the centuries.

-They only have one word

-for change and opportunity.

-That's what I would ask farmers

-to remember.

-Change is exactly the same thing

-as opportunity.

-At one time,

-these were popular on many farms...

-..and were considered valuable

-by most.

-They were also Welsh!

-They are the Jones balers.

-It's 75 years since the two brothers

-from North Wales formed the company.

-David and Glynne Jones were the

-enterprising brothers from Mold.

-Here in Ruthin,

-the balers can be seen in action.

-Gwynfor Williams knows

-more than most about the company.

-He's the author

-of the Jones Baler Story.

-Tell me a little about

-the history of these two brothers.

-Times were hard at the beginning

-of the last century...

-..for someone starting a business.

-They started out as farm workers...

-..but it was known

-that they were very talented lads.

-They were sponsored to start a

-threshing and contracting business.

-By the last World War...

-..they had a huge business

-in the contracting world.

-They started by building

-their own baler...

-..in 1942, during the World War when

-you couldn't get a machine anywhere.

-The business grew...

-..but they experienced

-some rather difficult times...

-..especially during

-the Great Snow of 1947/48...

-..but farmers remained

-very supportive of the Jones baler.

-Was that because they were Welsh?

-Were they attracted

-to a Welsh business?

-The red dragon was on every machine.

-Glynne and David Jones

-were Welsh speakers.

-They socialised regularly

-in the Vale of Clwyd.

-They played football

-for local teams.

-They were inventors, they developed

-the machines from one to the next...

-..making improvements as they went.

-They were very clever.

-They would take their rivals'

-machines apart...

-..assess their weaknesses...

-..and apply for patents

-for those weak parts.

-The Jones' strength

-is the quality of the baler.

-It was a baler designed to work for

-hours on end without any problems.

-They were contractors.

-They had the experience.

-Every Welsh contractor

-kept faith with the Jones baler.

-The Jones baler was the Rolls Royce.

-The machinery was very popular.

-The company employed

-hundreds of workers in North Wales.

-In 1961,

-Allis Chalmers bought the business.

-In 1971,

-it was sold on to Bamfords.

-At the beginning of the '80s, the

-company went into administration...

-..and production ceased.

-The machines are still alive.

-One keen collector is the organiser

-of this special day, Merfyn Jones.

-I've collected quite a few of them.

-I have seven here today. I have

-some more at home I couldn't bring.

-They're being restored.

-You run Craig Lelo as a scrap

-business, you're a farmer too.

-Do you remember these balers

-working on the land?

-Yes, yes.

-We had two Jones balers at home.

-We used to ride on them as children.

-My father had two Jones balers,

-the Cub and the Tiger.

-I can remember those.

-What inspired you

-to start collecting them?

-I don't know.

-Some people collect stamps.

-That doesn't interest me!

-Some play golf,

-that doesn't interest me!

-It's a pension fund too.

-What's so special about this baler?

-This is the Super Star.

-This is the best of the best.

-This comes from the 1960s.

-Its price was 650.

-650 in the '60s.

-Who could afford those prices

-at that time?

-It was affordable for the contractor

-and the individual farmer.

-It was within reach

-of the everyday farmer.

-It was within reach

-for the common farmer.

-I've noticed an orange and

-blue colour here - what's going on?

-Ah, well, Allis Chalmers may have

-taken over when this was made.

-They painted many of them orange.

-That was the colour

-of the Allis Chalmers brand.

-But they didn't sell.

-They were returned to the factory

-and they were painted blue.

-More importantly,

-the red dragon was restored.

-Then they all sold.

-Many farmers here today

-remember using the machines.

-Some collect them now.

-I've noticed this one,

-Jones Minor MkII.

-How long have you had this one?

-My father bought it around 1958.

-We've had it

-for as long as I can remember.

-We've used it on our farm...

-..and it baled hay

-for our next-door neighbours.

-It's been a very reliable baler

-over the years.

-It's still ticking over

-like a watch.

-It is, it's running like a watch.

-It is, it's running like a watch.

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-We bought a new thresher in 1938.

-The winter of 1938.

-It's been on the farm ever since.

-It's going out next Saturday for a

-trial run to see if it still works.

-We've been using Jones balers

-since 1953.

-They were built to last back then.

-I've had to spend

-very little on them.

-How does it make you feel

-to attend a day like this?

-It brings back many fond memories

-of threshing days...

-..funny and mischievous!

-I'm sure.

-Here to represent the family, and

-fondly remembering father Glynne...

-..is Noel Jones

-from Sealand, Deeside.

-Tell us a little bit...

-..about what it was like

-in the glory days in your memory.

-A bit like royalty.

-Was it?

-But big fish in a little pool.

-Internationally, we didn't cut

-the ice, we weren't big enough.

-What does it feel like to come here

-and see all that heritage...

-..alive still?

-..alive still?

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-It's like living it again.

-It's staggering.

-The beauty of these is now we know

-what we've got, they'll stay alive.

-On a personal level,

-do you admire the two brothers?

-The two lads came from nowhere and

-created a world-renowned product.

-I'm full of admiration.

-They must have worked many long

-hours during many a late night...

-..as they designed

-and made these machines.

-One thing

-you've always emphasised to me...

-..is that research

-and development...

-..is crucial for the success

-of a business.

-Never stand still.

-We import so many machines

-from Germany.

-When you look

-at German businesses...

-..they invest heavily

-in research and development.

-Once you stand still,

-you start going backwards.

-I find that interesting.

-It's a modern message

-for future businesses...

-..based on past experience.

-That's all for this week. We're back

-at the same time next week.

-Until then, thanks for joining us.

-Cheerio.

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