Agriculture

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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.

Comment by Christine Gibbins on October 23, 2011 at 4:42am

We are just back from the UK Ploughman Championships, this is a link to the photos

Match Photos

Comment by Christine Gibbins on February 23, 2011 at 2:46am

A note taken from an old farm diary dated 1870

A Farmers Wife recipe for a Bullock in Scour c 1870 1oz Tumerick, 1oz Fenugreek, 1oz Sulhp Vivan, 1oz Aniseed, 1oz Dispenter, 1-1/2oz Drachm Opium ....to be given in a quart of strong beer.

[scour is loose droppings]

 

Comment by Christine Gibbins on January 9, 2011 at 2:49am

Edwardian Rural life, the BBC series is worth looking at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00w15jc

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/2010/11/edwardian-farm.shtml

Comment by Christine Gibbins on December 13, 2010 at 1:06pm

The "Farmers Weekly" a UK magazine on line has this thread running on it's forums, the links and suggestions given to the original poster may be of interest:

http://www.fwi.co.uk/community/forums/history-of-agriculture-in-bri...

Comment by Steve Baldock on October 23, 2009 at 5:39pm

99.9% of my family ancestors were "Ag Lab".
Anyone with interests in East Kent?

Comment by Sean K on July 26, 2009 at 7:28am

Great idea for a Group! Most, if not all, of my paternal ancestors pre-1900 were connected to the rural farming industries, either small time farmers, shepherds or the eponymous "Ag Lab". I've only recently started celebrating this fact, gathering information about how they would've lived. It was certainyl tough, but at least they avoided the horrific diseases and crowding of the cities!

Comment by Christine Gibbins on July 23, 2009 at 1:21pm

A note to say Welcome to the members of this Group. I am based in the UK, so my thoughts and research are all based on Farming in the UK and the county of Devonshire. I am looking forward to hearing about Agriculture in other parts of the world too.
I look forward to your questions and your notes on your own research. I hope this will be a lively debate.
Best wishes, Chris

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