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Jan 12, 2023 · Remembering Life on a Farm in the Mid-1950s. In this article, I recall life on a small Wisconsin farm from 1954 until 1957. Living conditions, daily farm chores, harvesting crops, and what I did for fun is vividly remembered.
Apr 10, 2021 · Your father Joe Henson, MBE, opened Cotswold Farm Park to visitors in 1971 to help protect some of your rare breeds of farm animals. He founded the Rare Breeds Survival Trust in 1973 and is...
Aug 31, 2023 · Her story started off as a mum’s cookbook for her offspring with recipes for marmalade and custard. But it soon morphed into something more than menus and light stories. It’s fair to say this book has become something of a memoir, both specific to Rebanks and universal to thousands of farming families across the UK.
Some of life’s greatest lessons can be learned from life on a farm. These 10 lessons go beyond a love of animals and an understanding of where our food comes from. They can be applied to all areas of our life.
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Living conditions for Victorian farm workers were often cramped and basic. They had their own small vegetable garden and kept a pig to feed the family. Gleanings of corn were collected after the harvest and used to make flour and bread and they would make their own cider, ale and wine from fruit such as elderberries. Even children worked hard on th...
Craftsmen such as carpenters, tanners and blacksmiths all had useful trades which were needed on Victorian farms and would usually be hired in locally. The blacksmith would forge bars, hooks and metalwork as well as making horseshoes and tools. The wheelwright made cart wheels and wagons. Woodworkers made furniture, fence posts, gates, pegs, wooden...
Victorian farmers saw a great deal of change during the 19th century. Tools went from being primitive wooden implements to sturdy iron tools and mechanization dramatically reduced the workforce. Improved strains of seeds increased the harvest. The enclosure of land led to bigger fields and crop rotation was used to increase the yields. The use of s...
Sep 11, 2019 · Some people grow up on a farm. Others have the love and passion for it, and start off something themselves. Joseph Farrugia, a village man from Zurrieq – Malta is one of the former.
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Mar 21, 2023 · Other than for the landowners, small independent farmers, and tenant farmers, as well as independent operators such as blacksmiths, wheelwrights, or masons, life on a farm in Victorian times was difficult at best. Some wealthy landowners or independent farmers provided decent cottages for their farmhands, and these were generally free.
