Farming in
the Twentieth Century Carlow
A young Francis Morris
following his Dad, Richard, using the binder in
Ballintemple. c 1937.
http://www.ballonvillage.com/ballintemple-days-of-yore/ |
Thrashing |
Butter
Churn |
Ploughing |
Tractor |
Butter
Churn |
Images
from:
http://www.traleetimes.com/files/20thCenturyIre/Rural_in_20th_C_Ire.pdf
Rural Life Early 20th Century
Most people in rural Ireland around 1900 depended on farming
to survive. The Wyndham (1903) and Birral (1909) Land Acts
enabled almost all tenant farmers to become owners of their
own land.
Co-operative
Societies also played a major role after 1902 in making farm
life more profitable. Rural Ireland benefitted well from the
demand for goods and the high prices of goods and produce
during World War I.
Housing conditions advanced very little. By 1940 it was still
common for rural cottages to have neither running water nor
electricity. Emigration remained highest in rural Ireland due
to the Great Depression, the Economic War and the outbreak of
‘foot and mouth’ disease in cattle during World War II.
As mechanisation began to reach rural Ireland , such
activities as home butter-churning (butter-making) and
cooking over the hearth (fire) gradually died out. As
tractors and combine harvesters replaced horse-drawn and
steam-powered farm machinery, the Rural Electrification
Scheme brought electricity to rural homes. The exteriors of
rural houses also began to alter. Thatch, whitewash and the
half-door gave way to tiles/slate roofs, plastered walls and
centrally heated bungalows.
Text & Images
from:
http://www.traleetimes.com/files/20thCenturyIre/Rural_in_20th_C_Ire.pdf
Read more on Ireland in the Twentieth Century by Diarmaid
Ferriter:
http://www.gov.ie/en/essays/twentieth.html
Farming Equipment c.1958.
Images donated by William Muldowney Jan 2007
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Hay Knives |
Scythe Blades
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Bill Hooks |
Beet Knives |
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