Pig killing at Burndhurst Mill, Uttoxeter
A pig killing at Burndhurst Mill, Lower Loxley, near Uttoxeter.
Joseph Fisher (standing second left) tenanted Burndhurst mill from about 1883 to 1908 when his son Allan Charles, standing behind the ...
Planting potatoes in Patshull Park, Pattingham
Pictured, from left to right: Doug Lane, Bill Reynolds, ?, ?, ?, Mrs Hughes, Mrs Bennett, Kath Ray and Kate Ray.
The potatoes were planted by hand. The horse was pulling the trays of seed potatoes. ...
Planting potatoes, Whitemoor Hay, Fradley
Two men sitting on a tractor-drawn potato planter, planting potatoes by hand which are then covered with soil by a ridger attached to the planter. At Mr F.W. Foden's farm at Whitemoor Hay, Fradley.
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Plough maintenance
A farm worker making adjustments to a single-furrow plough. The team of two Shire horses waits patiently. The location is unidentified.
Photographer: Gerald McCann, photographer of High Street, Uttoxeter....
Ploughing match, near Rocester
Ploughing match prize winner, Rocester. Arthur Salt on his tractor at a ploughing match, on the Cricket Field, Rocester. He was a prize winner in this event, being awarded 2nd in class.
Ploughing match, Newborough
Two Shire horses drawing a plough from right to left across a field. Mr Arthur Salt and plough team, the property of Mr John Finnemore of Sudbury, Derbyshire. Single plough winner at the Uttoxeter District ...
Ploughing with horses, Hopton
Mr W.H. Stubbs of Kents Barn Farm, Hopton, near Stafford, ploughing behind his horses 'Bonnie' and 'Captain'.
Reproduced by kind permission of the Staffordshire Newsletter who retain copyright.
Ploughing with horses, near Wolverhampton
Man and two horses ploughing a field at an unknown location to the west of Wolverhampton.
Photographer: Albert Henry Yelland.
Potato distribution, Drayton Manor, Drayton Bassett
Women's Land Army girls queuing to collect seed potatoes in field. Photographed for Women's Land Army Recruiting Services at a land farmed by Mr Copes of Shenstone.
Photographer: Gerald McCann, High ...
Potato planting, Manor Farm, Wall
Women's Land Army girls planting potatoes in ridges at W.W. and W.J. Ryman's farm, Manor Farm, Wall, near Lichfield. Allthough World War II ended in 1945, there was still a shortage of labour in agriculture ...
Poultry dressing demonstration, Rodbaston Farm Institute, Penkridge
Women's Land Army recruits watching Mr J.W. Rowland demonstrate poultry dressing at Rodbaston Farm Institute.
Rodbaston College's origins lie in 1919 when the War Agricultural Committee opened an agricultural ...
Poultry Farm
Photograph shows rows of hen coups in a field with workers attending. Taken in an unidentified location in Staffordshire.
This glass plate was probably taken by Weiss & Fowke. Charles Fowke was based ...
Poultry Farm
This picture shows underkeepers attending to broody hens in a rearing field. The hens are sitting on pheasant eggs and the broodies are taken out each day to allow the eggs to air. The head keeper appears ...
Prize winning cattle, Uttoxeter
Four prize winning cows belonging to Mr Isaac Cartwright pictured with stockmen in yard, onlookers behind. At the Uttoxeter Fatstock Show.
Photographer: Gerald McCann of Uttoxeter
Pulling up tree stumps, Hamstall Ridware
Two International tractors, both with caterpiller tracks, pulling out tree stumps at Rough Park, Hamstall Ridware.
Photographer: Gerald McCann (1897-1970) of Uttoxeter.
Rabbit shooting group, Yarlet
A group of men, women and children after a day's shooting around Yarlet, pictured with their haul of rabbits.
Raising a horse, Hamstall Ridware
A photograph showing techniques of lifting a Shire horse foal prior to treatment. The vet's assistant holds a halter and twitch. This foal is being treated for Mr C. Lees of Cowley Hill farm, Hamstall ...
Rake at work, Fisherwick Park Farm, near Lichfield
This horse-drawn rake is being used at harvest time. The rake would gather together straw and hay into windrows for drying. Another tool, the tedder, spread and 'wuffled' it to help it dry better.
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