A BOOK on hill farming written by a Teesdale vet has given a £5,000 boost to a fund to help families hit by foot-and-mouth disease.
Hill Farmer: A Working Year in the Fells by Neville Turner was published last autumn by Dalesman Publishing of Skipton.
The publisher has given £1 to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution foot-and-mouth crisis fund for every copy sold.
The cheque was presented to RABI's chief executive, Tony McMahon, at Dalesman's headquarters at Broughton Hall, near Skipton.
Mr Turner came out of retirement to help tackle the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Cumbria - the county worst affected by the disease.
The coffee table-style book, which was prepared before the outbreak began, became tragically topical when the disease swept the country, affecting farms from Scotland to the West Country.
It was given added poignancy by the close relationships he had developed over 30 years with hill farmers in his home dale
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