Only one very large sheep wagon, from Cumbria, and one small local trailer were used for the sheep to be loaded after sale.Most of the sheep were destined for fattening on green fields in northern England although not all for the same buyers and destinations.The sheep wagon was modern and very cleverly designed with a system of folding floors, side panels that opened and divided to form gates or half gates and hydraulically controlled ramps all of which meant that large numbers of sheep could be loaded in sections on four tiers.The entire process of loading was photographed to show the versatility of the system and it took the best part of an hour to complete the loading of more than three hundred sheep. The album for this section is not for the faint-hearted.The contrast with the small local trailer was very marked.
Sheep Post-sale Loading Album
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The Orkney Auction Mart is a focal point for the County's farming industry. The story of the Mart as it exists and operates today is revealed through photographs supplemented by text.The Sections ‘Introduction’ down to ‘Conclusion’ cover the different aspects of the Project and links to photograph albums are given at the end of relevant sections and are also listed below.
The final item to be added to this site, which appears as the first item, is a critique of the Project as a Visual Sociology research project.
Earlier postings include notes on ‘Journalistic Image as Visual Sociology’, ‘Validity and Reliability in Visual Methods’ and the’Rule of Thirds’
If viewing the photographs as a slide show rather than individually, it is recommended that a time lapse setting of 8 seconds is used to allow time for text on the photographs to be read.
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