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Lines Read at a Parsonage Opening at the Village where Ranney had once flourished, 1883.
Some do boast of their pedigrees, / But Salford's parent of the cheese, / Ranney, industrious and wise, / Here started this great enterprise.
He did work on the dairy plan, / While Farrington was factoryman, / Both of these men it well did please / To hear of progress making cheese.
The farmers are in cheerful mood, / For harvest all it has been good, / And all the grain was sown this spring / An abundant yield will bring.
And you can scarcely stow away / The yield of barley, oats and hay, / Such pasture it is seldom seen, / E'en now it is so fresh and green.
This beauteous colour nature decks, / While it insures you large milk cheques, / And certes you've much cause to praise, / For hogs and cattle that you raise.