Miscellaneous farming pictures

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Life on the farm

A farming family with a two-horse plough. The four photographs below, taken from Victorian glass plate negatives, show a plough pulled by a team of four horses on a farm somewhere in Jersey. There are more ploughing photographs further down the page

French farmworkers in 1914
Threshing in 1905 at an unknown farm
Farm workers relax
Lunch break
Farm ladies in the 19th century
Farm workers photographed by Philip Morel-Laurens
A farming family in the field
At the pump with the family cat
Work in a field in 1900
The Ozouf family in Grouville in 1910-12
L'Auberge du Nord, when it was the Richard family's farm. Today it is a public house
John de la Haye's farm at West Lynn, St Ouen, in the 1930s
Highstead, St Saviour, in 1934
L'Abri Farm, 1913
The Huchet family at St Peter in the 1910s
Farm workers pause for refreshments in 1890
The Dutot farmyard in 1910
Farm workers
The Renouf family in their field in 1950
St Lawrence farming families about 1900
French farmworkers in the 1950s
A Jersey farming scene
The farmer's wife
A farmhand by Blampied
A farmer and his son
Workers at La Retraite Farm
A farmyard in the 1930s
A large farm wagon
Girls at a well in 1914
Farmworkers at St Brelade in the 1950s
Farrel Farm at Grantez in 1910
Radish pickers at La Moye in 1906

Hay making

Threshing on the Renouf farm in 1900

Haymaking in Grouville
1912 harvest
Hay carts in St Peter's Village
Threshing in the 19th century
Hay cart
The Cabot family threshing at Bouley Bay Common in 1954
Threshing in 1936
Threshing on a Grouville farm in 1910
Hay making at Home Farm, Grouville in 1947
Reaping at Home Farm, Grouville in 1950
Hay making
Threshing
Threshing was a major community event in 1925
Building haystacks at St Martin in 1948
Oxen pull in the hay crop - they were once considered more economical than horses
Threshing at Les Platons in 1948
Another picture of threshing at Les Platons
Hay making in St Lawrence, 1935
A hay cart in 1905
Horse-drawn mower

Jersey cabbages

Heifers and Jersey cabbages

A giant variety of cabbages was traditionally grown on Jersey farms to make walking sticks and tall canes for various purposes
Jersey cabbages
Jersey cabbages in 1904
Jersey cabbages – a Victorian lantern slide
An 18-foot cabbage plant in 1934
1910
Giant Jersey cabbages
Jersey cabbages
Jersey cabbages, 1933
Tall-jack cabbages photographed by Albert Smith
Jersey giant cabbages

Tomatoes

Tomato seedlings
The Simon family at Val de la Mare, packing tomatoes in the field in 1953
Outdoor tomatoes were once a very valuable crop
Spraying tomatoes in the 19th century
A field of tomatoes
Picking tomatoes
Tomatoes growing at Pied du Cotil near First Tower
Tomato planting
Tomato picking, 1910
Tomato growers
Picking tomatoes at L'Etacq
Tomatoes for export on their way to the Harbour
Tomatoes on the quayside for export in 1948 - Picture Evening Post
Lorries carrying tomatoes queue on the approach to the canning factory in 1948
At work inside the canning factory
Tomato packing in 1956
Tomato packing in 1956
Packing tomatoes in 1913, picture by Percival Dunham
A tomato cleaning machine in 1913, picture by Percival Dunham
Tomato grading machine, picture by Percival Dunham

Breton farmworkers

Breton farmworkers at the Weighbridge in 1912

A Breton lady farmworker
Breton workers arrive
Breton workers awaiting transport at St Helier Harbour
Breton workers in 1937
Breton workers in 1900
Breton workers in 1906
Breton workers in 1912
Breton farmworkers
Breton farmworkers in Hilgrove Street
Breton farm workers were the mainstay of Jersey's farming industry for many decades
Breton girls lifting potatoes in 1935
Breton farmworkers gather in French Lane

Ploughing

Using a hand plough near St Ouen's Church

The traditional way of ploughing
Ready for ploughing and digging
Three horse-power
Young farmers who took part in a breezing (shallow ploughing) competition in 1963
6 horsepower makes light work of ploughing in 1920
A plough drawn by six horses
Traditional ploughing
A team of horses pull a plough
Horses ploughing by J F Alderson
A heavy plough drawn by a team of horses
The tractor takes over
A bull helping a horse pull a plough
Ploughing on the Le Brun farm at St Lawrence in 1904

Sheep

Sheep in a Jersey field in the 1950s. They died out, but were reintroduced towards the end of the century
Sheep grazing on Grouville Common
Sheep grazing in St Brelade's Bay
Sheep at Grouville in 1950
Lambs at Rozel
Triplets at Rozel in 1930