Farm whitewashed at this time.
Categories: Industry
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Percy Stubbs at Sowcar Farm
Percy Stubbs mowing grass, probably for hay making, in the fields at Sowcar Farm, Smithy Brow. Percy was the son of Henshaw Stubbs who tenanted Sowcar Farm probably up to c.1932, after which son John took the farm.
Notice how lean they kept their work horses in those days!
The mower is of an American design from the 1860s in common use up to the 1960s. They were often converted to be pulled by tractors from the 1920s/30s when farm horses were replaced by tractors. -
‘Kainit’ promotion
Back of a promotional card. Description of Kainit and how to use it to grow mangels. See 134-29 for more on this.
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‘Kainit’ promotion
A promotional card for Kainit, a potash rich addition to the fertiliser put on the land to increase crop production. The crop in question is Mangels, a root crop that used to be grown to provide winter feed for cattle and sheep. The crop has gone out of favour and is rearly grown from the 1960s on. Picture taken at Henshaw Hall, Siddington. See 134-29 for a description which is printed on the back of the card.
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Stubbs family
Inscribed on the back “Stubbs and family at Billinge Farm, Hedgerow. The lender, Len Stubbss said it was Bay Tree Farm, Hedgerow.
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Stubbs Family of Sowcar
Sarah was wife of Henshaw Stubbs, farmer of Sowcar. Len and mary were two of their many children. Len was killed at Salonica and is on the Rainow War memorial, Sowcar being within the Rainow boundary.
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Private Henshaw Stubbs
Len Stubbs, the donor of the picture, said henshaw lived at the Homestead, Pott Shrigley and was a small farmer. He also worked at Pott Shrigley Brickworks sorting pit props for the mine there.
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Sarah Stubbs and son at Sowcar Farm
Sarah, wife of Henshaw Stubbs. Died 1939 aged 74. Farmed at Sowcar Farm. Sons Percy,Richard,Henshaw, James, John, Leonard. John born in 1888 at Harrop Fold. When married farmed at Burton’s farm Saltersford, then Bay Tree Farm Hedgerow the Sowcar from 1932.
