Agriculture Gallery

Thatched Haystack - 15 November 1945

Thatcher stands in front of a newly thatched rick, his ladder still propped up against its top.
George Garland Collection
West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N25844

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1940s, Agriculture, Craft, Rural

Notes on the Syllabus of Lectures on Practical Gardening, Prepared by W Goaring (Lecturer), 1900

Issued by direction of the Technical Instruction Committee of the West Sussex County Council as a Supplement to the Lectures delivered by the Lecturer on Horticulture. Provides a summary of the contents of the following 15 lectures: Orchard trees; Apples, pears and plums; Trained fruit trees; Gooseberries and currants; Raspberries and strawberries; Fruit packing; Simplest means of bottling fruit whole; Potato culture; Onions and celery; Cauliflowers, kales, brussels sprouts, cabbages and similar vegetables; Peas and beans; Potatoes and mushrooms; Beet, carrots, parsnips and turnips; Vegetables for exhibition; Vegetables for salad; Asparagus and seakale; Roses (dwarf, standard and climbing); Destruction of insect pests; Potato disease.
West Sussex County Council Collection
West Sussex Record Office, Ref No WDC/AG5/4/2

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Instructions for the manufacture of soft cheese (Pont l'Eveque), c1925

Instructions for the manufacture of Pont l'Eveque cheese, issued by West Sussex County Council's Agricultural Department as part of its clean milk campaign
West Sussex County Council Collection
West Sussex Record Office, Ref No WDC/AG5/2/1

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Agriculture, Dairy Industry, Farming, Food, Hygiene, Rural