Farming Gallery

Steam threshing, 1931

Messrs. J.O. Lugg & Son of Billingshurst, threshing in the Petworth area
Photograph by George Garland
Garland Collection
West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N4922

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Farm Machinery, Farming, Horse, Nostalgia, Rural, Summer Time, Traction Engine, West Sussex

Manure spreader

A Massey Harris and Fordson tractor dressing ground at Cawfold Farm in preparation for roots, 8 May 1937
Photograph by George Garland
Garland Collection
West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N15050

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Farming, Nostalgia, Rural, Tractor

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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