Not quite gone to seed...

With all the modern, high-tech seed-drilling machines available these days, to see a 52-year-old piece of farming equipment still in action in Caithness is quite a sight.

Thrumster crofter Peter Stewart, Burnthill, is pictured with his Massey Ferguson N7 seeder which has stepped up to the mark once again this year. It is believed to be the oldest one of its kind still working in the county.

While on agricultural AI duties Willie Mackay met with Mr Stewart who was preparing to sow 14 acres of the oat variety Firth on his croft. The seeder holds four hundredweight of seed corn and fertiliser in the four hoppers mounted on the 1968 Massey.

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