Start of the spring cultivations in the Hebrides. Spring is late this year - in the Outer Henrides, and only now are farmers and crofters beginning to get their land into shape. This picture, on South Uist, shows a Scottish lass driving a pair of horses on the harrow. The crop is likely to be oats or turnips, or rye or greenstuff - for the farming system is carried out in narrow strips. 21/5/62