Ploughing in Torrachilty area – Bob Innes observing
The photograph was taken by the late Finlay MacRae who was a District Officer in the Forestry Commission based in Dingwall at the time. The images are courtesy of his daughter Donna.
An action image of a large tractor deep ploughing with a single furrow plough in the Torrachilty area. It looks like one of the heavier International tractors that has had the substantial plough mounting frame added to bear the stresses of lifting the plough head which is possibly a S60/t90 configuration. The driver is not known but action is being observed by Bob Innes who was Conservator North Scotland at the time.
This was certainly the era of ploughing deeper and maximising disturbance to break up any iron pans in the leached soils. Can anyone name the location and the tractor driver?
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Groups: Forestry Areas, Forestry in Action, Tractors Ploughs and Drainage Machines