Farmer’s Diary Vol V, by Charlie Allan
£11.95 pp free UK
Vol V. is a bumper edition which takes the Farmer right up
to the day when he carries the Breadwinner over the threshold of their
retirement house. Potions has taken ove
r the farm and the overdraft. He is
keeping on Mossie as crops consultant. There will be no more
Farmer’s Diaries so this one is subtitled “The Last Laugh”. In preparation
for retirement the Farmer takes up cycling. Potions waits for the day….
trapped. He works on for nothing because the more money the Farmer makes the
sooner he can retire. But it is no fun waiting for dead men’s shoes. He has to
watch as the Farmer “sooks” the farm. No money is spent on manure, paint,
machinery or spouts. Lime is ignored as every penny disappears into the
retirement fundie. It is not a happy time on the farm. We have BSE, CJD and JCB
– the last is Mossie’s latest money spinner. He’s bought a digger to dig
holes for all the diseased cattle.
Hardback. Pp. 338. 117 cartoons by Turnbull.
