A selection of specialist resources
- Palace Leas Meadow Hay PlotsPalace Leas originated in 1896 as one of a group of long-term experiments at Newcastle University's Cockle Park experimental farm. The management of Palace Leas has continued to the present with only minor modifications. The large unreplicated plots are variously manured each year and the hay cut. Livestock then grazes the aftermath regrowth. A large number of research papers have been published and many other results exist in manuscript form.
The original objectives were to improve old grassland (Palace Leas was probably last ploughed during the Napoleonic Wars ending in 1815) at low cost and without resowing. This was to be achieved by the efficient use of combinations of liming materials, fertilisers and animal manures. Both increased yield of hay and aftermath regrowth were primary targets, though the latter has received little quantitative assessment, but the botanical composition of the sward was also of interest to the originators. Allied to this was testing of the digestibility and feeding value of the hay.
- Cockle Park Weather Station Monthly Records This link opens in a new window
Digitised data from the University's weather station at Cockle Park. Monthly weather data is available from 2012 onwards. Historic daily data is available from 1897 up to 2011.
- e-RAA managed database of data from Rothamsted's Long-term Experiments, the world's oldest, continuous agronomic experiments.
Opening of the new Agriculture Building on King's Road
Collections Captured
Reference:NUA/033258/11
Date: 1964
Collection: Newcastle University Archive
The Courier Archive
With the Courier Archive you can browse over 65 years of our student newspaper through the complete digitised archive; a special resource for Newcastle graduates past and present.
The Farmer's Boy
Conway, Jo (1961) "To be a farmer's boy",The Courier,11 October p.4-5
Conway, Jo (1961) "To be a farmer's boy",The Courier,11 October p.4-5
Conway, Jo (1961) "To be a farmer's boy",The Courier,11 October p.4-5
University of Newcastle Agricultural Society (UNAS)
Commonly referred to as the 'Senior Agricultural Society', membership of UNAS is open to all graduates with an interest in agriculture, food or the rural environment.
