In this chapter, Herriot learns that the elder Farnon is a lady’s man and someone who constantly contradicts himself. After working on some nearly-wild cattle, Herriot relaxes and enjoys the countryside he has found himself in, and thinks he will do well here. Tristan is a bit lazy about taking morning calls, which earns him more chastising by Siegfried. With Tristan and Herriot both on board, the practice settles into a stable routine. Tristan has flunked both of his veterinary courses, which Farnon is paying for, and is sternly lectured. Herriot meets Tristan, Farnon’s younger brother, who is not like his older brother at all. He finds that Herriot was correct in his diagnosis. Soames calls later to complain about Herriot, but Farnon backs Herriot up.įarnon performs a necropsy on the valuable hunter that Herriot put down in the last chapter.
The problem is that the stable manager expected that he could be made well, especially if Farnon had come. Herriot is anxious to go on a farm call by himself, and he does get that chance, but the horse he goes to see has a twisted intestine, and needs to be put down. After a talk with a local farmer who imparts a secret about marshmallow cream being the heal-all for hoof ailments, Herriot joins Farnon at the house where he will live, Skeldale House.
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But he has survived his first day.įarnon and Herriot stop at a pub after finishing their rounds, and Farnon hires the young vet, for wages plus board. At their last call he gets kicked by a cow. Herriot has a draft horse lean on him for untold minutes, while he digs for an abscess in the animal’s hoof. He is grateful to be doing real work, and feels that this is the best way to show Farnon that he is qualified for the position. Herriot goes on farm calls with Farnon in this chapter.
Herriot very much enjoys the English countryside, and is surprised when he meets Farnon that he’s not German, as Herriot expected, but a regular Englishman. Times are bad in England, and most students that graduated with Herriot are lucky to find work just to pay their board. Herriot remembers the day he came to talk to his would-be boss, Siegfried Farnon, with only a little hope that he would get a paid position. “Uncle” is sure that his veterinarian could have performed the task better. After hours of struggling with the calf within the cow, Herriot is ready to give up, but then he gets the rope around the calf’s jaw and delivers a healthy calf.
The calf is not properly presented for delivery, and Herriot has to endure much nay-saying and second-guessing from the farmer’s uncle. Herriot is having a hard time with a calving in the dead of winter.
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