Canada Field Photograph

Notes

Canada field, so named because it was "a long way away" from the farm house, was actually only a mile or so from the farm hard, located off New River Bank, near Sandhill Bridge, Littport.

This picture, centered on Millicent Kate Sallis, my great grandmother, was taken to commemorate a bumper crop of "20 coombs per acre". With a coomb being 110kg of wheat, the crop was about 2.2 tonnes per acre, which we estimate to be about 70% of a modern yield.

Left to Right

• Bessy Kathleen Sallis (sister of Millicent Kate, my great great aunt)
• Herbert Sallis (my great great grandfather, the farmer)
• Millicent Kate Sallis (my great grandmother, born 7th December 1899)
• Nel the dog
• Jack South (Farm Hand)
• Elisa Sallis (nee. Padgett)