Sowing Collection (page 2)

Japanese tea production, 1874. Preparations before sowing the tea seed; manuring the plant; planting out in the third year; picking the leaves; sifting the leaf; separating the leaves after firing;

Tilling the land, 1775. A print from La nouvelle maison rustique, ou economie generale de tous les biens de campagne : la maniere de les entretenir et de les multiplier donnee ci-devant au

Chinese agriculture, 1825-1835. Top: pounding rice in a foot-operated pestle and mortar. Middle: Chinese seed drill. Bottom: Chinese plough. From Costume Antico et Moderno. (Rome, 1825-1835)

Manuscript showing afterlife, c11th century BC- c7th century BC. After death, Egyptians hoped to reach a sort of paradise they called the Fields of Offerings - a land of abundance where barley was

French agriculture; sowing seed broadcast, late 18th century. From an edition of 17th century French poet Jean de la Fontaines Fables

Crop rotation: sowing seed broadcast, 1855. Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops alternately on the same patch of ground over a cycle of several years in order to protect

Crop rotation: sowing and harrowing corn, 1855. Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops alternately on the same patch of ground over a cycle of several years in order to protect

Agriculture, 1751-1780. Ploughing, rolling and harrowing using horses, sowing seed broadcast and with Abbe Soumilles seed drill (Fig 4). Fig 1 is a type of plough invented by Jethro Tull

Ploughing and harrowing with horses and sowing seed broadcast, 1762. In the background is a postmill for grinding corn. From La Nouvelle Maison Rustique (8th edition). (Paris, 1762)

Ploughing with oxen, sowing seed broadcast and harrowing, 18th century. In the background agricultural tools are being made from wood

Farmer sowing seed broadcast, 1881. Artist: Randolph Caldecott
Farmer sowing seed broadcast, 1881. The horses in the background are pulling a harrow to draw earth over the seed

The Sower, from Verscheyden Landtschapjes (Various Little Landscapes), Plate 5, ca. 1616

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