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Four Furrow Plough & Steam Ploughing Engine
Four furrow plough and steam ploughing engine. Men working and groups of people watching.
Two Friesian Cows in front of Hayrick or Silage
Friesian cows in front of hayrick or silage with tyres on top.
Team of Oxen towing implement Mevagissey
Team of oxen working on Bodrugan Farm at Portmellon near Mevagissey, with the beach in the background.
Bodrugan Farm PREVREF 2199 duplicate
Bodrugan Farm PREVREF 2199 duplicate
Bullock Plough at work
Bullock plough at work. Date and location unknown. Photo purchased at auction in a collection of rural subjects in 1934.
Ox Team & Hat Cart Haystacks
Oxen at work. Turn of the century (1900) harvest scene. Date and location unknown. Photo purchased at auction in a collection of rural subjects in 1934.
Ox Cart & Driver Stetten on Swiss German Border
Taken at Stetten on the Swiss-German border. Not a superb photograph but it may be useful. The land here is in narrow strips as when the owner dies his land is divided among his children. A daughter with land is much sought-after as a…
A Harvest Scene (after Rowlandson)
From a drawing by Thomas Rowlandson (175601827), showing oxen with their wagon waiting to be loaded, people sitting near hayricks and trees and hills in the background. PREVREF 2190 duplicate
Three Horse 1920s Albion Reaper at work
1970 recreation of a 1920s scene. Typical horse-drawn binding reaper. The bound sheaves were collected and up-ended to dry out in 'shooks' of about a dozen sheaves. Part of a row can be seen on the right of the photograph. One sheaf has just been…
Three Horses & Reaper wait during croust break
1920s Albion binding reaper scene recreated in 1970. Sovereign, Baron and Prince wait with their 1920s Albion binding reaper while 'croust' is served by Diana Flowers.
Three Horse Plough & Ploughman
Typical horse-ploughing scene.
PREVREF 2161 duplicate
PREVREF 2161 duplicate
Cultivator or Scuffler hauled by three Horses
Typical late-afternoon scene in almost any Cornish scene in the 1920s or '30s. The machine is a cultivator, known all over Cornwall as a 'scuffler'. The height of the tines is adjustable through the handle on the driver's right.
Clod Crusher hauled by three Horses
A horse-hauled clod crusher used for cultivation (used from about 1900), A typical country scene in Cornwall.
Wooden Barn on Stone Staddles
Nine staples support this farm building on the roadside at Tredrossel near Portwrinkle. This building is approximately 20' x 12'.