This 54-minute digit download features the ploughing and cultivation of the ground highlighting the different farm implements used featuring the Clydesdale horse as the means of power.
This rural heritage clip features;
• sowing of the corn using the happer.
• cutting the crop utilising the scythe
• the first mechanical reaper of the 1890s
• the binder followed the reaper in the 1920s this revolutionised agriculture in the harvest field.
• the sheaves being built into stooks
• the sheaves in the stooks are then "lead" carted back to the farm, using the Clydesdale horse.
• the building of the rucks is next
• the process of steam engine threshing with the travelling mill is seen.
• the corn grain is then taken to the meal mill
• the corn is made into oatmeal at the mill powered by waterwheel
• the traditional recipe and the method is used to makes oatcakes
• the farmhouse peat kitchen fire with its swie and girdle cooks the oatcakes
• hear the rich Doric dialect of the North East