ATV Today: 29.12.1970: Shire Horses

Summary

Lionel Hampden interview with Bob Brickell who uses shire horses on his farm at Enstone in Oxfordshire.

Year:

1970

Duration:

0:05:19

Film type:

Black & White / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

We see a pair of shire horses working in a field pulling a chain harrow. Lionel Hampden talks to Bob Brickell who farms at Dry Stone Hill Farm at Enstone in Oxfordshire over 500 acres using horses. He talks about the advantages over tractors and the fact that his farm is ninety five percent organic. We also see a horse drawn cart on a lane and a shire horses running free in a field.


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