Black and white photograph of a horse-drawn haycart.
A horse-drawn cart carrying hay from the field to the stackyard, photographed in the east end of Tiree in the beginning of the 20th century.
1999.93.1
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1999.93.5
Black and white photograph of crofters shearing sheep in the east end of Tiree.
Crofters shearing sheep at ? in the beginning of the 20th century.
2004.42.5
Collection of receipts dated 1951-1967 for sale of stock from Lodge Farm, Kirkapol.
Collection of receipts from National Commercial Bank dated 1951-1967 for sale of stock from Lodge Farm, Kirkapol; a letter from Hugh MacKinnon, Crossapol enclosing a cheque for the purchase of lambs; Department of Agriculture receipt for payment for servicing a mare.
2004.42.9
Six invoices from the Wool Marketing Board to John MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, Kirkapol dated 1953-61.
Five invoices from the Wool Marketing Board to John MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, Kirkapol dated 1953-61, giving weight, grade of wool and price per pound (lb); one invoice from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries British Wool Section, undated.
1997.273.1
Tirey
Transcription of an extract from ‘Tirey’ in ‘The Rev. Dr. John Walker’s Report on the Hebrides of 1764 and 1771’ edited by Margaret M. MacKay.
Courtesy of John Donald Publishers
The Rev Dr John Walker, minister of Moffat and a pioneer of scientific botany and geology, was sent to the Hebrides in 1764 and 1771 by the Commission for Annexed Estates to report on the social conditions, population and the state of manufacture, agriculture and fisheries.
He found the waters round Tiree teeming with fish but no fishing equipment on the island. In 1792, Rev Archibald McColl lamented that the local fishermen seemed unable to compete with those from other islands or the east coast who were taking full advantage of the nearby fishing banks.
The reasons for this he attributed to the daily involvement of crofters with their land and animals and to their poverty which disinclined them to risk what little savings they had purchasing equipment easily lost in bad weather.
1997.272.8
Paperback book `Highland Folk Ways` by I. F. Grant.
The sequences of adjustment that have taken place in the lives of Scottish Highland people in response to great social and economic pressures and the tenacity with which the influence of the ancient and distinctive social organisation of the Highlands has persisted. For references to Tiree see pages 16 and 106.
1997.275.1
Hardback book `Scotland`s Native Horse` by Robert Beck.
The history, breeding and survival of Scotland`s native horse. Handwritten note from Robert Beck to Dr John Holliday (1996) inside front cover.
1999.297.6
Paperback book `The Drove Roads of Scotland` by A. R. B. Haldane.
An account of Scotland’s droving trade and the routes by which cattle and sheep were brought from every corner of the land to markets in central Scotland. Includes references to Tiree in the index.
2001.186.9
Newspaper cutting about vets` income in the Highlands and Islands.
Article about vets` income, especially in Tire, Skye, Lewis and Uist, being adversely affected by low sheep and cattle prices.
1999.302.2
Paperback book `British Sheep Breeds` by Elizabeth Henson.
An account of the 65 distinct breeds of sheep in Britain.