EAW014219 ENGLAND (1948) [Unlocated]. UNLOCATED
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Details
| Title | [EAW014219] UNLOCATED |
| Reference | EAW014219 |
| Date | 9-April-1948 |
| Link | |
| Place name | |
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| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 0, 0 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -7.556448482059, 49.766185796754 |
| National Grid Reference | SV000000 |
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 This looks like a man forking muck out of the back of the cart. That field is huge, it's going to take him ages! |
 Andrew Bennett |
Monday 31st of March 2014 10:58:08 PM |
But, Andrew, that is how Agriculture was .... things took a long time and huge amounts of human effort and hard physical labour. The horse naturally did not tread on the potato rows (ridges) and the wheels of the cart fitted into the 'valleys'. The resulting small amounts of soil compaction was away from the crop. The horse would occasional add a little manure to the process and a little methane to the atmosphere. The hard work was poorly paid and sometimes partly in payment in kind - a sack of potatoes or the use of tided house. If you lost your job or became unable to work you probably lost your home as well. The field appears to have been plough and planted by tractor pulled machine. The flatness suggests The Fens, but the manure suggests a location with a more mixed farming pattern, having been produced by animals elsewhere on the enterprise. That muck is still being spread suggests this farm had not yet taken up the use of inorganic industrially produced fertilisers. It was organic farming before "organic farming" became an issue! |
 Maurice |
Tuesday 1st of April 2014 07:02:01 AM |
User Comment Contributions
EAW014217 is of Agricultural lime laying, Meriden, 1948 taken on 9th April 1948. |
 Class31 |
Tuesday 4th of February 2014 01:35:53 PM |