Farm workers with a lorry load of seed potatoes
Seed potatoes
The hillside terraced at Bouley Bay for potato planting in 1919
Ploughing at L'Etacq
Planting behind a horse-drawn plough at the Le Brocq family farm in St Ouen in 1935
Breezing, or shallow ploughing near St Ouen's Mill
Planting at l'Etacq
Cotil planting
Potato harvesting by hand in 1906
Cotils covered in polythene in 1992
Ploughing at Flicquet, St Martin
Planting potatoes photographed by Philip Morel-Laurens
Planting at St Ouen
Planting at St Saviour in the 1950s
Hand digging at the Ozouf family's Le Tapon Farm, St Saviour, in 1949
A good day's work over for the Le Conte family in St Lawrence in 1900
A 'complete fork' - a team of three lifting by hand
Lifting the old-fashioned way
Farm
Digging potatoes in 1936
A team relaxes after lifting potatoes
Planting at Grouville in 1938
1970s
1935
L'Etacq 1929
Planting
Digging potatoes
Planting in 1937
Potato digging
A potato cart
A pause while picking potatoes for the Hills
Potato planting with a horse
Harvesting potatoes by hand
Banking potatoes in the 1920s
1932
1935
1935
Harvesting potatoes in Grouville in 1953
Potato planting in 1920
Potato lifting
Planting at L'Etacq in the 1950s
Potato harvest in July 1916 at A J Renouf's St Brelade farm.In the foreground are Mrs VIbert, Mrs Renouf's young daughter Lucille, Mrs Renouf and, on the far right, Mr Renouf and his young son Don. Behind them are three Breton workers.
Lifting potatoes in 1930
Peeling potatoes in 1920
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Potato lifting team
Collecting potatoes for seed in 1948
Potato planting at Rozel
lifting potatoes in 1935
Harvesting potatoes at Greve de Lecq
Digging potatoes the traditional way
Potato diggers in 1905
The 1948 potato harvest
The 1914 potato harvest
A family lifting potatoes
Le Villot Farm, 1914
Breton farmworkers in a potato field in 1928
Harvesting potatoes by hand
Planting a small field with the assistance of a horse
Potato planting, 1905
Seed potatoes
Harvesting by hand in 1904
Planting a cotil
Planting a cotil in 1938
Planting potatoes by hand on a cotil
An early mechanical digger for lifting potatoes
Potato harvest at Springside, Trinity
Breton girls lifting potatoes in 1935
The cotils sloping down towards Mont Orgueil Castle are some of the best early land in the island
Planting at L'Etacq
Planting at St Catherine
Potato planting at L'Etacq in the early 20th century
Seed potatoes at Crabbe Farm
In 1918 growers were required to provide potatoes for the Army at a fixed price
