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Gallery: Digging in to region’s farming past

By David Bradley
07/04/2021, 2:20 pm Updated: 07/04/2021, 2:26 pm
© Unknwon 1981 - Bob Stewart and Alistair West prepare to sow a 27-acre field with barley at Mains of Kair, Fordoun
© Unknown 1993 - Gordon Shand from Craigenseat Farm, near Huntly, preparing the ground for sowing spring barley
© Unknwon 1955 - A line of people work the field together near Inverurie
© Unknwon 1989 - Sixteen-year-old Dianne Keith picks up tips on ploughing from old hand Harry Nicol, 93
© Unknwon 1988 - Keeping a trained eye on a ploughing contest are James Ross, Ernest McIntosh, William Watt and William Daniel
© Unknwon 1982 - Brothers George and Robert Webster bring in the neeps at Mains of Inveramsay
© Unknwon 1930s - Horses adorned with fancy harnesses and other tack draw admirers in this farming scene
© Unknwon 1989 - Tom Hamilton’s museum of farm machinery near New Pitsligo, with his wife Jill in the home equipment section
© Unknwon 1978 - The lifting of turnips by mechanical means at Craibstone Farm, Bucksburn, in January
© Unknwon 1955 - Charles Brodie works the fields with his horse sowing neeps at Annesley, Torphins, on a fine spring day
© Unknwon 1979 - A helicopter sprays pea and bean crops at South Esk Estates, near Brechin
© Unknown 1986 - Graceful curves are added to the landscape as barley sowing gets under way at Easter Hatton, near Murcar
© Unknown 1985 - Winners at a ploughing match at Overton of Straloch, Newmachar, line up to collect their silverware
© Unknwon 1978 - Horses Prince and Danny make light work of a field around Lumphanan with owner Charlie Fowler

This week’s Aberdonian looks at some of the region’s farmers and how agriculture has evolved in the north-east.

© Unknwon 1981 - Bob Stewart and Alistair West prepare to sow a 27-acre field with barley at Mains of Kair, Fordoun
© Unknown 1993 - Gordon Shand from Craigenseat Farm, near Huntly, preparing the ground for sowing spring barley
© Unknwon 1955 - A line of people work the field together near Inverurie
© Unknwon 1989 - Sixteen-year-old Dianne Keith picks up tips on ploughing from old hand Harry Nicol, 93
© Unknwon 1988 - Keeping a trained eye on a ploughing contest are James Ross, Ernest McIntosh, William Watt and William Daniel
© Unknwon 1982 - Brothers George and Robert Webster bring in the neeps at Mains of Inveramsay
© Unknwon 1930s - Horses adorned with fancy harnesses and other tack draw admirers in this farming scene
© Unknwon 1989 - Tom Hamilton’s museum of farm machinery near New Pitsligo, with his wife Jill in the home equipment section
© Unknwon 1978 - The lifting of turnips by mechanical means at Craibstone Farm, Bucksburn, in January
© Unknwon 1955 - Charles Brodie works the fields with his horse sowing neeps at Annesley, Torphins, on a fine spring day
© Unknwon 1979 - A helicopter sprays pea and bean crops at South Esk Estates, near Brechin
© Unknown 1986 - Graceful curves are added to the landscape as barley sowing gets under way at Easter Hatton, near Murcar
© Unknown 1985 - Winners at a ploughing match at Overton of Straloch, Newmachar, line up to collect their silverware
© Unknwon 1978 - Horses Prince and Danny make light work of a field around Lumphanan with owner Charlie Fowler