Following the death of the school cow at Homewood School, Tenterden, the Ashford Divisional Education Executive discussed the various fanciful ways headmaster J. Matthews could be provided with a replacement. T. F. Gilbert from Ashford North Boy’s School eventually provided the solution. “We buy all our pigs under the ‘Books, stationery and apparatus’ budget” he told the committee, and advised the triplicate form used for piglets could also be used for calves.