On Aug 6, 2014, at 12:08 pm, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote:
> The "Better Farming Train" set interested me so I went Googling. It seems > that this operated in Victoria from 1924 "promoting the idea that the land > could be tamed and that it was the patriotic duty of every farmer to increase > his yields." > > You might find the following link on the Victorian Energy & Earth Resources > site of some interest. Its Photo Gallery on the Better Farming Train > contains several images similar to those in your gallery - so similar, in > fact, that it's obvious that they came from the same set of slides as yours. > The last 7 images in your set are all part of the "Better Farming Train" and > those images all appear in the Energy & Earth Resources' gallery. > > http://www.energyandresources.vic.gov.au/about-us/publications/library/virtual-exhibition/better-farming-train > > The 'Babcoon Festina' image is actually a 'demonstration of the "Babcock" > method for testing the butterfat content of milk.' The title may be 'Babcock > Testing' rather than Babcoon Festina. I just had a look at the link. I owe you for that, it's helped me immensely with a couple of labels, including one which seems to have been mixed up with a similar but different photo. It also confirmed that I'd scanned #51 (the comfy looking carriage) the right way up. I was worried about that one as there is nothing I can find in the photo to indicate which way around it goes. It also means I can now group them with the Victorian photos where they belong. Hmm I'm becoming annoyed at jAlbum... is there a way to make it show line breaks properly and make clickable links? I might have to change to a different skin, pity they all stink. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
