This video takes a look at modern farming methods along with some from the past. A visit to the Border Union Show, Harvest Time, Potato Spraying, Sheep Dipping, Kelso Ram Sales, Threshing Mill, Potato Harvest and Winter Tractor Ploughing. Running Time 60 mins. Campbell Ploughing matches, competitive ploughing still provides a glimpse into farming history. This video provides personal and visual memories of the dramatic changes witnessed during the 20th century, as ploughmen worked the land with horse and tractor.
Ploughmen now sit in comfort and no longer walk behind the trailing plough.
Running Time 58 mins. Bill McLaren Scotland's beautiful Border Country, stretches from the rolling hills and moorlands in the west, through gentler valleys to the rich agricultural plains in the east, to the rocky Berwickshire coast, with its picturesque fishing villages. Through the centre, tracing a silvery course to the sea, runs the River Tweed. You will discover friendly towns, charming villages, Historic Castles and Stately Homes, which illustrate the exciting and often turbulent history of the Borders. Features - Gretna, Canonbie, Langholm, Locherbie' Moffat, Grey Mares Tail, St Mary's Loch, Tweedsmuir, Manor valley, Neidpath Castle, Peebles, Traquair House, Innerleithen, Walkerburn, Abbotsford House, Galshiels featuring the Braw Lads Gathering.