Forces for Change

Examine the pace of change in the countryside

New technologies are forces for change in the countryside. We explore six seminal technologies – from seed drills to artificial fertilisers – through the eyes of people involved in adopting, adapting or rejecting them. Each person’s story reveals how social forces, financial motivation, practicalities and other factors may motivate their choices in new technologies and ways of doing things.In this gallery you can find our large objects such as the Fordson Tractor and threshing machine. Alongside these, Womens Land Army clothing, livestock portraits, Suttons Seeds display cabinet, an artificial bee inseminator and many other items add a rich visual and material flavour to each story.