furrows

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/163658463# - this pic appeared in the Sydney Mail on 21st August, 1907...in a pictorial feature article on an interstate ploughing carnival which was held at Coolamon, in Southern NSW (see pic middle top row)...

I'm a kind of a city fella but I always thought swedes were blonde??? Seriously I thought that swedes were smaller and whiter than these. Apparently these were rarely used for human consumption until WW1, they were used to feed animals until then. When I was growing up they were referred to as Mangols!

Swordscookie Well, some of this series of photos are described as Swedish Turnips which I think was the photographer hedging his bets!

My instinct is swede, but then according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutabaga whilst known as swede in most British English speaking countries, this is known as turnip in Ireland!!!

And then according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnip "The leaves grow directly from the above-ground shoulder of the root, with little or no visible crown or neck (as found in rutabagas)" [rutabaga=swede - see link above!]. This seems to again make these swedes (in the British English sense, but not the Irish sense!) as the ones shown here DO have a neck I feel.

They look like swedes - turnips are much smaller and flatter. Swedes have orange flesh, turnips white.

Just to confuse matters, swedes were known as turnips where I grew up in Yorkshire (1950s) and they're called neeps in Scotland.

So far, the Swedes seem to have it! And [http://www.flickr.com/photos/22562862@N06] isn't there a traditional dish in Scotland that's "something and neeps" or "neeps and something", just like bacon and cabbage here?

Is this a competition at an agricultural show or a demonstration of a new disc?

cumberlandclouds, if you click on the Persistent URL above you'll read: "The image depicts a strip of furrowed land. The image appears to have been taken at an agricultural show. The strip of furrowed land is depicted in the centre of the image and extends from the foreground to the background. A three-horse plough can be seen ploughing the strip in the background of the image. Three horses were usually required for double-furrow ploughs. Similar three-horse ploughs can be seen in the background on the left side and right sides of the image. Crowds of people can be seen standing at the ends of the strips in the background of the image." Read more: www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=27780#i... Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Non-Commercial

Thanks very much!

trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/163658463# - this pic appeared in the Sydney Mail on 21st August, 1907...in a pictorial feature article on an interstate ploughing carnival which was held at Coolamon, in Southern NSW.

soggetto molto originale... complimenti

leo.dicapua: Grazie mille! :) / A thousand thanks! /Anna B.

Nice shot.

I Love this Photo. Shows what hard work the horse and Ollas had to do.

wonder what he is planting and or growing...potatoes? brussle sprouts..