Tractor & Farming Heritage
Jan/Feb 2004
Celebrating the history and development of the tractor
Welcome
It's congratulations all round as a brand new show gets off the ground, and the owner of a 100year-old tractor raises more than £120,000 for Help the Hospices.
Cling Low, Sweet Chariot
Jerry Thurston 'gets to grips' with a rare 1917 Samson 6-12 owned by Mike Milbourn and in the temporary care of Jim Fisher in Cumbria.
Rare Survivors Against the Odds
Marianne Thomas visits the Cotswold Farm Park to learn about some of the rare breeds in its care.
Plough and be Counted!
After their recent rugby defeat, it's time for the Australians to settle the score - and plans are now well advanced for their second Guinness World Record tractor attempt this coming Easter.
News
Flying start for Newark Tractor Show; Ivel charity fund tops £ 120,000.
Rust to Rust - a Skye Odyssey
Alan Barnes is rumbled by his wife and daughter as he tries to turn a holiday on Skye into an islandwide photographic search for abandoned tractors!
Harvest Home
Brian Howes visits Acton Scott Working Farm in Shropshire to witness its unique Harvest Home celebrations.
Readers' Letters
More than four pages of readers' views and comments about the colourful world of old tractors and farming heritage.
That Farmall Feeling!
David Bowers tracks down the owner of a Farmall F20 row crop in Cumbria to learn how the import from New Zealand was brought up to its present sparkling condition.
Farming in Miniature
Brian Howes meets a Leicestershire couple with a passion for the beautifully-crafted farm models and figures once manufactured by W. Britain.
Tractor Talk
Welsh oats keep 1966 AllisChalmers combine busy; a sparkling Allgaier duo in Yorkshire.
One Man and his Dogs
Josephine Roberts visits a sheep farm in Wales to witness a different kind of 'Ewe-phoria'.
A Serious Case of Nostalgia
Pete Kelly visits Norfolk to admire the outstanding tractor collection of Roger Beck, whose enthusiasm for Case machinery goes back a long way.
Understanding the Ivel
To celebrate the 100th birthday of John Moffitt's renowned 1903 Ivel tractor, Jerry Thurston visits Northumberland to study the genius of inventor Dan Albone at close quarters.
On Top of the World!
Pete Kelly reports from the 53rd British Ploughing Championships at Brougham, near Penrith, in October. Reviews
Fordson's Wartime Means to an `N'
John Hobbs discovers the illustrious past of a 1942 Fordson model N tractor.
Crawling Around North Dartmoor
A well-run North & East Dartmoor Vintage Working Society near Okehampton brings out the crawlers.
Reliving Farming's Past at Kittochside
Agnes W. Leith tells the story of a remarkable country life museum in Scotland.
Tractors are Great - Just Ask the Girls!
A Porsche for Christmas? That's all right as long as it's a tractor, writes Sue Mills.
Preserving the Past
Brian Howes concludes the story of Wilkin & Sons' famous Essexbased fruit farm and preserve factory.
A Cheshire Tractor Trail
Keith Langston discovers a wealth of working tractor history right on his doorstep.
Here's Humphrey!
Pete Kelly revisits an unforgettable character in South Wales with a passion for Allis-Chalmers tractors.
Land Army Had it Covered!
More Women's Land Army memories as reader Tony Atkinson turns up a picture of the land girls at work on a straw-matting machine.
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Circling Norfolk - on a 1940 Fordson `N'
Nigel Stennett-Cox tells of his plans for an imaginative (and cold!) February charity marathon.
Cornish School for Ploughmen
Roger Hamlin visits a November ploughing tuition weekend at the Duchy College in Cornwall.
Power of the Past
Pat Freeman visits an annual countryside rally dedicated to keeping alive the skills and crafts of the past.
Wassailing in a Scrumpy New Year!
Roger Hamlin finds out what it takes to make a good drop of traditional cider.
New Products
The £50 Bargain No-One Wanted!
When Eric Mellor rescues a prewar Fordson tractor from a Derbyshire tip, he had no idea that he'd end up restoring it himself, writes Pete Kelly.
Welcome
It's congratulations all round as a brand new show gets off the ground, and the owner of a 100year-old tractor raises more than £120,000 for Help the Hospices.
Cling Low, Sweet Chariot
Jerry Thurston 'gets to grips' with a rare 1917 Samson 6-12 owned by Mike Milbourn and in the temporary care of Jim Fisher in C....
