Kincardineshire Farmers' Club
- Reference:GB 228 DD601
- Dates of Creation:1813 - 1960
- Name of Creator:
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:3 archive boxes and 3 volumes
Scope and Content
DD601/1 Minute Books, Meeting Papers and Rules and Regulations
DD601/2 Financial records
DD601/3 Membership records
DD601/4 Show Administration records
DD601/5 Records of other events
Administrative / Biographical History
Established in January 1859.
According the rules of 1890 the Club's objectives were:
1. The advancement of Practical and Scientific Agriculture in the County, the increase of Produce, and improvement of Farm Stock.
2. The diffusion of Agricultural information, and the promotion of social intercourse and friendly feeling among the Agriculturists of the District.
3. The welfare and amelioration of the social condition of the Agricultural Labourers.
The means the Club employed to meet these objectives were: meetings for exhibition of produce, implements etc (i.e. agricultural shows); ploughing matches; inspection of farms; receiving and exchanging reports and essays; circulating books and pamphlets; promoting discussion amongst the members.
The Earl of Kintore was the Club's first president.
Partial list of Secretaries
James Booth Greig Secretary (1877, 1878) - Laurencekirk
Arthur B Annandale, Secretary (1903) - Stonehaven
Access Information
Open
Archivist's Note
Catalogued by volunteers and Katy Kavanagh, June 2019.
Custodial History
Transferred to the Archives by Stonehaven Library in 2003. No details of the depositor there were provided.
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