Museum of farm implements

The farm implements and machinery on display are typical of those used by local Northern Ireland farmers in the early and mid 20th century.

You will see planting, harvesting and processing machinery and implements - some from an era when animal food was mainly processed on the farm.

The potato digger (top right) was originally horse-drawn but from the 1950s was more commonly fitted to a tractor. In October, country schools provided annual "potato holidays" for local children and young people to assist in collecting the potato crop.

Oil cake, a by-product of rape seed oil, was used as animal feed but had to be broken in the cake breaker (opposite centre) before feeding.

The milk churn (below right) was a feature of many farms, some of which supplied the local population with "country butter". You will also see an example of the patterns used to "stamp" each farm's butter with its own unique design.

The grain mill (right) was used to grind whole grain into smaller particles suitable for feeding to animals.