Farming

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"This man is a chronic alcoholic. He does not do very much - farm managed by his son."

Scope and Contents Documents relating to the General Election Campaign of the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society during the General Election, 1950. Leaflets, "General Election, 1950" addressed to members and friends of the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society to urge them to research the humanitarian stance of their candidates on topics of farming, slaughter, welfare, vivisection, wild animals in captivity (2 copies)Leaflets, "The General Election 1950, vivisection...

Scope and Contents These papers are composed of: correspondence, papers and domestic and farm accounts of Andrew and William Howden, farmers of Lawhead and Traprain Farms, East Lothian covering a period roughly 1810-1843. There are bills and accounts for clothing and agricultural implements, plans of buildings, deeds, materials relating to stock shows, and a price list from Peter Lawson & Son, Edinburgh, seed merchants, and a prospectus for the services of an agricultural chemist. The correspondence...

Scope and Contents The material is composed of several folders of accounts offering an insight into farming practice throughout the mid-decades of the twentieth century, an impression of the scale of self-sustaining small business in Portobello and district itself, and an idea of the cost of living from the 1930s to the 1970s especially for a small farmer. The firms include insurance companies, animal feed firms, and repair shops. There are accounts from an ironmonger and sheet metal worker in Portobello, the...