Cultivating Collection

PERICLES Athenian statesman, notable for building the Parthenon, cultivating the arts and for military success Date: circa 495 - 429 BC

Farmer ploughing using two working mules Njegusi, Montenegro
A farmer ploughs the soil using two working mules to pull his plough in the village of Njegusi in the Cetinje Municipality of southern Montenegro, This is on the slopes of Mount Lovcen

Golden Soil: French methods of Market Gardening for England, showing scenes from the Market Garden at Thatcham, Berkshire. Date: 1908

An Every-day Scene in 1917 by W. E. Wigfull
Women and children working on the land take a moment to gaze up at the sky as a military aircraft flies above. 1917

A man carries plough, Taj Mahal, India
A farm worker carries a heavy wooden plough on cultivated farmland on the opposite bank of the River Jumna to the Taj Mahal, Agra, India Date: 1986

Ploughing with oxen, Taj Mahal, India
A young boy ploughman guides two white oxen to plough a field on the far banks of the Taj Mahal. The Taj can be seen in the background Date: 1986

Cultivation of beer. Steeping, couching and flooring malt Date: 1830s

Cultivating cacti, Paris 1857
Cultivating cacti in a greenhouse in Paris 1857. Date: 1857

Kingham, Oxfordshire - Breaking up Stubble
Martins Patent Cultivator breaking up the stubble at Kingham, Oxfordshire. These were sold by C. Lainchbury & Son, an engineering firm from Kingham. Date: 1910

Cultivating Silkworms
Two men at work cultivating silkworms in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Putting them on their metal
Cartoon, Putting them on their metal. New tennis practice with metal net and ball for cultivating a vigorous style. Please note

Mountain farm in County Mayo, Ireland
Sketch from Ireland showing the harrowing difficulty of cultivating on a mountain farm in County Mayo. A peasant man and woman use a horse in their attempts to plough the rocky slopes

Grand Duke Constantin
As part of his policy of cultivating useful friends, Napoleon III welcomes the Grand-Duke Constantin of Russia to the palais des Tuileries, Paris

Cassava / Manioc
Cultivating cassava (also known as manioc) (manihot utilissima) in South America where it is a staple food

Saffron Cultivation
Cultivating saffron in the Middle East (Turkey, Iran etc)

Steam-Plough in the Arkansas Valley, 1907
Photograph showing the latest Steam-plough, creating seven furrows at a time, as used in the Arkansas valley, 1907. At this time the valley was being reclaimed by means of irrigation

Drying Hemp, Russia
Russian peasants cultivating hemp (cannabis sativa) : they are setting it out on racks to dry

Cultivating Wine
The cultivation of wine at a medieval French chateau

Cultivating Silk Worms
The cultivation of silk worms in Italy

Cultivating Lettuce
Highlanders cultivating lettuces in their small croft in Glen Scainadale, near Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland

Rice in Korea
Cultivating rice in Korea - the winnowing and crushing processes

French Farm Activities
Rural activities - cultivating a garden, building a chateau, animal husbandry, cultivating the fields

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