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Farms

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 90 Collections and/or Records:

Cattle, Central Farm, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/851
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a herd of cattle and several cowboys on the Central farm in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Cochin, Chine - Une Ferme (Cochin, China - a Farm), 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2881
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a man standing in a field with two cows with several farm buildings in the background in Cochin, China in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Copy of a letter to Sir William [Turner] from James Cossar Ewart, 10 May 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/28
Scope and Contents

Ewart asks Turner whether the University Court would consider appointing a committee to investigate the question of providing facilities for animal breeding experiments along the lines of the work being carried out by Darbishire. He provides annual costings for the experiments at Fairslacks, and mentions that the Farm Committee of the East of Scotland College of Agriculture has asked Ewart on what terms he should be prepared to hand over the farm to them for a year.

Dates: 10 May 1912

Cutting Hemp on the Kentucky Station Farm, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/657
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a man cutting hemp on the Kentucky Station Farm in [NSW, Australia?] in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Dalmeny Home Farm, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/584
Scope and Contents

Photograph of two men with a cow in a field at the Dalmeny Home Farm in 1932.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Dalmeny Home Farm, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/588
Scope and Contents

Photograph of three men with three cows in a field at Dalmeny Home Farm in 1932.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Draft letter to Sir Thomas Hudson-Beare from Charles Mackinnon Douglas, 04 June 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/37
Scope and Contents

Douglas writes in favour of Ewart's farm at Fairslacks as a suitable place for breeding experiments. He also highlights the distinction between a demonstration farm for the instruction of farmers, and an experimental farm designed to afford normal conditions in which investigation can be carried out. He also states that he sees no reason why Jersey cows should not be kept in good health at Fairslacks.

Dates: 04 June 1912

Experimental Farm, West Indian Head, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2482
Scope and Contents

Photograph of an experimental farm at West Indian Head showing the farm house and buildings and fields in the early/mid 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Farm Cart and Horse, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/368
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a horse hitched to a cart at a farm in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Farm House and Buildings, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1050
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a farm house, barns and a windmill in the early/mid 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s