Name/TitleTEA TOWEL - The Haughley Experiment
About this objectA linen tea towel promoting "Haughley Research Farms", by the Soil Association New, Bells Farm, Haughley, Stowmarket, Suffolk.
It shows a layout of the farm in a schematic coloured drawing in a scale of 9 cms to 1/4 mile along with a list of countries where Overseas members live.
In 1939 Lady Eve Balfour began the first scientific comparative study of organic farming and conventional chemical-based farming, known as The Haughley Experiment. Taken over by the Soil Association in 1947, these studies continued into the 1980s.
The donor's father worked for Haughley Research Farms and lived next door.
Medium and MaterialsLINEN
Inscription and MarksAt the top:
Haughley
Research Farms
Map of land layout
Boxed list with title:
Members Live Overseas In
Various illustration of farm animals & of the New Bells Farm House
Measurements795 x 505 mm
Object numberSTMEA:2025-8
Copyright Licence
Attribution - Non-commercial (cc)
