- “We have the payne and traveyle, rayne and wynd in the feldes”
Farmers sowing and plowing their fields - Two horses looking at their food
Two horses looking at their food - Two horses
Two horses - Two girls feeding a cow
Two girls feeding a cow - Two dogs and a horse
Two dogs and a horse - Two children riding ponies on the beach
Two children riding ponies on the beach - Trotting across a field
Trotting across a field - The finding of the infant St. George
CHARLES M. GERE. (From his painting in the New Gallery, 1893.) - Sheep-washing in Australia
- Sheep-shearing operations in Australia
- Plowing in Canaan
- Ploughmen
From a very ancient Anglo-Saxon Manuscript published by Shaw, with legend "God Spede ye Plough, and send us Korne enow." - Ploughing in Syria
The life of a farmer in Syria and Palestine is very different from the life of a farmer in England. He does not live in an isolated farmhouse, in the midst of a number of enclosed fields, which he owns or rents, and which he cultivates at his own cost and for his own profit alone. The country is much too unsettled to permit families to dwell alone, and so they cluster in little villages for their common safety and defence. The cultivated lands of the villagers lie outside the village, and the most fertile ground is sometimes a mile or two away from the houses. The villagers are too poor to enclose each a farm for himself, and the farms are simply cultivated plots lying unenclosed in a great waste, which belongs, perhaps, to the Government, or to some great feudal lord. The ploughs used by these Syrian cultivators are little more than a bent wooden stock, having a long bar, by which it may be drawn. The lend of the stock is in shape somewhat like that which is formed by a human foot and leg, the foot being the 'share,' which scratches up the soil. That part which corresponds to the leg is prolonged upwards into a long handle, with the help of which the ploughman guides the plough. The bar by which the plough is drawn is attached to the inner or fore side of the bend, at the ankle, as it were. Two oxen of a small kind are, as a rule, attached to each plough. - Ploughing in Syria
The ploughs used by these Syrian cultivators are little more than a bent wooden stock, having a long bar, by which it may be drawn. The lend of the stock is in shape somewhat like that which is formed by a human foot and leg, the foot being the 'share,' which scratches up the soil. That part which corresponds to the leg is prolonged upwards into a long handle, with the help of which the ploughman guides the plough. The bar by which the plough is drawn is attached to the inner or fore side of the bend, at the ankle, as it were. Two oxen of a small kind are, as a rule, attached to each plough. - Naughty goat!!
Naughty goat!! - Mother hen with her chicks
Mother hen with her chicks - Milking the cow
Girl milking a cow - Milking a cow
Milking a cow - Mexican Ox-cart
Wherever there are real roads in Mexico, there you may see the quaint old-fashioned ox-carts with wheels often made from solid blocks of wood cut to shape. Two oxen are generally yoked to each, but when heavy loads are to be dragged, four, six, or even more are used at once. - Manufacture of Cheese
Manufacture of Cheese - Man riding horse
Man riding horse - Man leading a horse
Man leading a horse - Man and horse outside a house
Man and horse outside a house - Long-nosed sheep looking through the hedge
Long-nosed sheep looking through the hedge - Lady driving in a horse and cart
Lady driving in a horse and cart - Horse and Dog
`Horse and Dog - Horse and chickens
Horse and chickens - Hens and Chickens
- Going through the gate
Going through the gate - Flock of sheep in Australia, under a large Eucalyptus
- Flemish Peasants
- Feeding time
Feeding time - Feeding a goat
Feeding a goat - Ewe with baby lambs
- Donkey
Donkey - Dog chasing a rabbit
Dog chasing a rabbit - Dog and Shoe
Dog and Shoe - Cow Parts
1 Chuck 2 Ribs 3 Loin 4 Rump 5 Round 6 Hind Shank 7 Flank 8 Navel End 9 Clod 10 Fore Shank 11 Brisket. - Chickens
- Cattle
In April, 1869, a charter was granted by the state of Illinois to the East St. Louis Stock Yards Company. This company was authorized to issue stock to an amount not to exceed $200,000. The original charter of the company, which later operated the National Stock Yards, fixed the capital stock thereof at $1,000,000, which was, subsequently, raised, by a vote of the stock holders, to an amount of $250,000, to meet the requirements of the rapidly growing business. When the National Stock Yards were completed, they were more convenient than were any others of their kind in the country. - Boy and Girl feeding a horse
Boy and Girl feeding a horse - Basque Cart
The Basques, especially those living in the mountains, are proud, happy, and independent. They are easily angered and quick to fight. They love their old life and customs and dislike changes. They still use many old-fashioned things such as the clumsy ox-cart, with great, solid wooden wheels and heavy wooden axle. The old dress has disappeared in many places, but is picturesque. Men wear rather loose and baggy trousers, a close-fitting vest, a sort of blouse or jacket that reaches only to the waist, a wide, white collar turned down over the neck of the blouse, and a loose necktie with streaming ends. They wear a loose cap jauntily on the head. Men and women both delight in bright colors. - A horse
A horse - A Cow
A Cow - A calf
A calf