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Harvests of the Soil - AB - PDC2013

A companion volume to In Good Heart, covering different aspects of farming with classic films and farmers’ commentaries.

£ 14.99

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Programme comprises:
Ayrshire Dairy Farmer (1967, colour), the day-to-day and season-to-season cycle of work at Hapland Dairy Farm in Ayrshire.
A Farm is Reclaimed (1945, b/w), how a farmer takes a derelict farm and puts in back into use within a year. Click here for a film clip of A Farm is Reclaimed.
Haymaking (1934, b/w), shows us horse-drawn mowing, raking and building haystacks.
Harvests of the Soil (1937, b/w), featuring the production of potatoes, tomatoes, wheat, barley and other crops.
Scottish Ploughman (1955, colour), a lovely colour film shot at Smeaton Farm, Dalkeith, showing the daily routine of a ploughman and his horses..