Archie McDonald farm, between Motura and Leydlam Feb 5, 1978 Our last day with Peter and he took me to a new site on the river, a mile or so above his brother's place. As we arrived an Irish East wind began, which gathered enthusiasm all day — and depleted our enthusiasm correspondingly. There was no rise at all so we fished nymphs even current and down, like ordinary net flies. I had one good strong strike which broke the trigger. Aside from that, nobody had a lot of action nor even saw any fish feeding all day. We ended up at the A.J. Martin place where we were yesterday and sat in the car watching the wind whip the water. Went home at 7 PM to catch dinner, without one of us having caught a fish. Rather a poor way to end our stint with Peter Cullen. We are constantly amazed at the number of sheep carried in these rich and well managed paddocks — up to 7 or 8 per acre. They use a lot of lime and super-phosphate, as rotate the animals from one paddock to another, giving the grass closer down to the ground and then giving it three to four weeks to recover. The Martin place is mainly Holstein dairy cattle but the pasture rotation is about the same. He uses a lot of electric fence to keep his cattle where he wants them. Has a slick rotating milking platform that holds 16 cows, each one hooked up to the milking machine. When a cow has made the circle on the carousel she is empty and another takes her place.