@ Syzygy: I really appreciated all the extra effort everyone put in to include the explanations of their clues. Perhaps you all took pity on my inexperience! In any event it was a great help.
@ Paul: no influence, just intuition!
@ Busby: thanks - I appreciate your reticence ;)
Country Calendar did a great spoof of turkey farmers who kitted out their birds with gumboots, but I couldn't find a clip of it; you got the sheep instead.