Copy of notes of lecture given at Agricultural College by Ronald MacDonald, Melness, Cornaigbeg in the 1950s.
The location and topography of the island and communication with the mainland, soil conditions, stock, the crofting year, use of fertilisers, crofting grants.
Catalogue for cattle sale at Crossapol on 16/11/2002.
Cattle sale catalogue 16/11/2002 listing owners names and adresses and describing the beasts for sale.
Account by George Holleyman of his time in the RAF on Tiree 1941-1943.
Account by George Holleymen, an amateur archaeologist, of his time in RAF Tiree as a Service Policeman. Two more copies added in 2011 (E01206).
| Tags: cattle , cheese-making , coal , communities , construction , craggans , crofters and crofting , disasters , domestic economy , education and cultural services , fishing , fishing and fishermen , food , fuel and firing , furniture and decoration , harvesting , hens , horses , kelp , mixed farming , national wars , outbuildings temporary buildings enclosures , puffers , raf , seaweed , sheep , shipwrecks , shops shopkeepers & merchants , social recreation and hospitality , textiles and tailoring , thatched houses , world war ii | | Dates: 1940s | | Object Types: composition | | People: Holleyman, Mr George, Tiree (1910 - 2004) | Black and white photograph of cows on Balevullin beach.
Cows on Balevullin beach.
Colour photograph of John and Alasdair MacFadyen.
Brothers John (Iain Ruadh) and Alasdair (Alasdair Ruadh) MacFadyen in Barrapol in the 1990s.
United Auctions catalogue for lamb and cattle sale on 16/8/2002.
Catalogue for lamb and cattle held at Crossapol 16/8/2002.
Copied letter from Archibald MacArthur to Corsons, date unknown.
Letter from Archibald MacArthur, Balinoe requesting a bull or heifer from auctioneers Messrs Thomas Corson & Co, year unknown.
Copied letter from Archibald MacArthur to Corsons, date unknown.
Letter from general merchant Archibald MacArthur, Balinoe requesting a bull or heifer from auctioneers Messrs Thomas Corson & Co, year unknown.
Photocopied extract from `The Drove Roads of Scotland` by A R B Haldane, pp 72-3, 84-9, 225-7, 236-41.
The drove roads of Argyll with appendices about salting beef, extracts from reports and etsimates by Thomas Telford relative to the Rannoch Road, General Roy`s survey, the bridge at Awe and the Falkirk tryst, plus two maps.
Newspaper cutting `Market report`.
United Auctions prices for cattle bought on Tiree.