Tristan is on the defensive when his brother accuses him of sleeping in. It transpires that he was out all night with a premature calving followed by a prolapse of the uterus at the Longwall farm. Convinced that he is purposely given all the dirty jobs, he makes Siegfried swap rounds for the day, including Mr Sutcliffe's pig. He also has to castrate her litter of piglets, but fails to dispose of the 'off-cuts', which are full of anaesthetic. The farm cats eat them and start passing out all over the farm. The vets try to help Mrs Clarke, an old lady who's finding it difficult to keep her farm going. James advises Franco on the local custom when it comes to proposing a hand in marriage.
Original Broadcast Date 17th November 1990.