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Comment by Della Palmer on November 24, 2011 at 3:22pm

I have not found any sponsorship etc. But what I have noticed is that the families that immigrated did much better than those who stayed behind.

Not sure if this is a case of what does not kill you makes you stronger?

I can find the remnants of my Berryman family in Penzance, Cornwall but no sign of anyone being left from any of my other Gr Gr Grandparents children who stayed behind from any of mine or my husbands’ lines.

Comment by Christine Gibbins on November 9, 2011 at 3:29am

Fish, Farm of Family

Janet Few has done a major research project on Migration. 

Comment by Christine Gibbins on November 9, 2011 at 3:25am

From looking at UK census returns, it was often the younger sons who took the chance to migrate, there not being enough "room" on the family farm for them, and the newspapers of the day carried adverts offering the new opportunities to struggling and poor communities. The Lord of the Manor would help them get a passage. Have not done this yet, but searching the internet may help us learn more. 

Comment by Brenda Wordsworth on October 31, 2011 at 6:24pm

Thank you for the lovely photos Christine. My Mum, who has just died, just loved Shire horses.  She was a Devonian and would have loved these photos.  She had shire horse ornaments, pictures and horse brasses everywhere.

Comment by Sheri Putnam-Cline on October 25, 2011 at 10:47pm

@ Della,  The migrating farmers had some insight about the soil they were after to farm on? People, Food Producers, Government, spent time researching the areas of viable farm land in other accessible countries? A lure had to be set to attract the farmers along with some type of Bank Note agreements about crop harvest ratio to property payment ratio or Homestead agreements? Apparently (the farmers) felt it was very much worth taking the chance on with the knowledge they had already acquired in their farming in the UK.

Comment by Della Palmer on October 25, 2011 at 6:01pm

I am a present day farmer in central Victoria Australia.

I know very little of “old time” farming in the U.K.

I joined the group hoping to get a feel for farming when my “Jones’s” leased a farm in Wexford 1800-1900 and my “Berryman’s” left Cornwall to set up farming in Australia in 1860.

We believe farming a complicated and big business now. Surely they thought the same when they had to pick a crop to plant or a bred of animal that would produce the best return the next season so they could pay the debt against the farm. How did they do it without knowing the long range weather, the world market or hedging against a futures price?

Just giving you some of my thoughts

Della

Comment by Sheri Putnam-Cline on October 24, 2011 at 9:10am

Thank you so much Christine, I do appreciate! If I do anything worth showing this winter I will post and share.

Sincerely,

Sheri

 

Comment by Christine Gibbins on October 24, 2011 at 3:50am

Hi Sheri,

Many thanks for your comments, I sorry to hear of your husband's stroke.

Oh yes please use the photos for your painting, the plough horses are so handsome!

Best wishes, Chris.

Comment by Sheri Putnam-Cline on October 23, 2011 at 9:11am

Hi Christine,

Please do not be discouraged with the group. I'm a member of about 5 different internet Social Networks, I'm a group leader in one and since my husband had his stroke last year I have not had the time to add material to my own group, nor have I had the heart too be involved.

I LOVED your photo's of the UK Ploughman Championships!  I'm just about ready to re-immerse myself back into watercolor painting and horses are one of my favorite interest in life. With your permission I would like to try working from some of your photos? 

Note: We may be quiet but our lives are very involved!   Thank you for this group and your wonderful posts!

Sincerely, Sheri

Comment by Christine Gibbins on October 23, 2011 at 4:44am

Welcome to the new members, sadly this Group seems to be, almost a one man show, so please, share your farming notes.

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