Farming

Building haystacks Kirkbean Image ref: F1
The threshers at work Image ref: F2
 
Harvesting at Kirkbean Image ref: F3
tractor with haystack in a farmyard Image ref: F4 - Bob Kirkwood carting in hay rucks in 1945
 
Farm workers in the fields with a horse and cart Image ref: F5

This image shows workmen removing sludge from Milldam at Cowcorse in 1932 in order to increase the volume of water for the mill wheel and electric turbine.

Throwing the hay onto the trailer behind the tractor Image ref: F6

Gathering in the harvest in the 1960s at Cowcarse. The driver was an American exchange visitor while Jim Kirkland is on the haystack and James Kirkland is forking the hay.

 
Four images of farming in Kirkbean in the 1940s, the 60s, the 80s and in 2014 Image ref: F7
 
A long row of haystacks with a Kirkbean farm in the background Image ref: F8
Farming in the 1930s showing a horse on the farm Image ref: F9
 
Crane mounting beams onto the framework for a new barn Image ref: F10
Construction of a farm barn Kirkbean Image ref: F11
Horse and foal on farmland near Kirkbean Image ref: F12
Threshing Image ref: F13

Using the combine harvester at Byrecroft in 1966

Workers hoeing the fields in Kirkbean Image ref: F14 - taken in 1969

Extracts from the Diary of James Kirkland of Cowcorse Farm

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