Agriculture in Ferintosh ⋆ Ross and Cromarty Heritage

The photographs which follow are reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner.

Then and Now

Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 1

Harvesting in the 20th Century with traction engine JS1237 and threshing machine.
This photo was taken at Bog of Resolis farm in 1953, the last year the machine was used on the farm. It was a No. 3 engine, Fowler 7hp, bought in 1927 and sold in 1963. Standing beside the sacks is Willie Matheson, and Roderick Matheson is standing on the mill, with Alex Munro sitting beside him.

Combining gets under way in the Black Isle

Traditional binder and modern tractor - photo 2

Traditional binder and modern tractor result in field of stooks but modern equipment provides bales square and round.

No stooks: modern equipment provides bales square and round.

There’s nothing quite like the sight of two Clydesdales at work at Daviot Vintage Working Day.

A Ploughing Match at Findon Farm prepares the ground for the following year’s crop. (Saunders Gibson checking his furrow and John Matheson doing some measuring.)

A farmers work is never done

But a farmer’s lot is not always a happy one – especially in winter!

View more historical agricultural photographs

We have a large variety of agricultural photos, many of which show agriculture in the later 19th and early 20th century. Please do take time to view them as they give a real insight into the changes in agriculture.

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Ferintosh » Ferintosh Folk

Family gravestone of Alexander Ross in Urquhart Old cemetery.

Alexander Ross and his wife Jane Innes, taken c.1873.

A crofter from Greenleonachs

Note RCHS: Originally listed in our records as Greenloaning

Wedding picture beside former Findon hall.

Wedding picture beside former Findon hall. Mr Keay's daughter Jane is being married to Mr George Petch. Mr Keay was Factor for Findon estate.

Good Templars annual outing c.1905.

Good Templars annual outing c.1905. First row standing, right: Mr Urquhart, Factor, Ferintosh Estate

Hector Maclennan, Meikle Findon,

Hector Maclennan, Meikle Findon, with Supreme Award from ploughing match at Raigmore.

Charlie Ross - tree felling.

Good Templars, Culbokie. Picnic 1926.

Bethune family, Badrain, 1900.

Murdo John Bethune is seated at the left in the front row. He was severely wounded in action on 2nd July,1916, and died of his wounds in hospital. The Ross-shire Journal reported his death at the time and this can be found under the <a href="https://www.rossandcromartyheritage.org/home/black-isle-communities/ferintosh/ferintosh-war-record-index/ferintosh-ww-i/#5947" Ferintosh WW1 war records page 1, photo number 5947.