Miniture flag commemorating 100 years of crofting on Tiree, 1886-1986. Yellow print on green paper flag on short brass pole mounted on block of wood. From Iain Boyd, Balephuil.
2010.49.1
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2010.15.1
Hay fork head
Metal two-pronged head of a hay fork from Lodge Farm, Kirkapol. Painted black in 2013.
2010.1.1
Brass buckle from horse harness
Large square brass buckle from a plough horse`s harness from Kirkapol Farm. Tarnished green.
2009.146.1
Paragraph about the introduction of the potato to the Hebrides from “General View of the Agriculture of the Hebrides” by James MacDonald A.M.
Typed transcript of a paragraph about the introduction of the potato to the Hebrides in 1743, by James MacDonald. It describes the reluctance of the tenants to grow potatoes and the eventual domination in their diet.
2009.82.4
Display texts and photographs from a lecture given by Robert Beck at the Royal (Dick) Veterinary School
Collection of texts and photographs that accompanied a lecture about horses given by Robert Beck, Ruaig, when he was a lecturer at the Royal (Dick) Veterinary School, Edinburgh, in the 1970s. Includes pages of hand written notes, photographs of horse-drawn carriages and carts, labelled diagrams of horse harness, four Farm Equipment Sheets from the Scottish Country Life Museums Trust showing diagrams of horse-drawn farm equipment entitled `Hay Bogies`, `Farm Carts`, `Hay and Harvest Carts` and `The Hay Harvest`.
2009.6.1
Sowing basket / bascaid churachd used by Lachie MacLean, Druimfraoich, to hand-sow seed. Hessian fabric over wooden kidney-shaped frame with canvas strap for around neck. See photo 2003.100.1 for how it was used.
2008.75.1
Original Copy of `Bulb Growing in the Western Isles` by R.B.C Nisbet,B.Sc
Eight page extract from book, section by R.B.C Nisbet about `Bulb Growing in the Western Isles`
2008.38.3
Colour photograph of an old reaper and binder at Tufthill Farm in East Cape, South Africa.
An old reaper and binder used by the descendants of Marion and Donald MacNeill from Hough who emigrated to South Africa in the 1870s or 1880s and settled at Tufthill Farm in the Eastern Cape (see photo K157).
2008.34.7
Black and white photograph of oat stooks at Maraekakho in New Zealand.
Stooking oats at the MacPhee`s at Maraekakho Station in New Zealand. L-R: Bill MacPhee (Annie MacKinnon`s husband); Annie`s brother Hugh with unknown child; Bill`s father John MacPhee; Hugh and Annie`s father Donald MacKinnon; Tony Player.
2008.34.9
Black and white photograph of hay bales at Maraekakho in New Zealand.
The first lot hay bales after the MacPhees started milking cows at Maraekakho in New Zealand.
