Tractor & Farming Heritage
March 2004
Celebrating the history and development of the tractor
Welcome
Changing to monthly frequency will bring both great challenges and opportunities for Tractor & Farming Heritage, and our Editor spells out what it means.
Time Machine!
Jerry Thurston takes a critical look at Henry Ford's work of genius, the ubiquitous Fordson F tractor which finally made power farming affordable to all.
'Benidorm or Bust' Marathon is on!
Keith Langston visits four intrepid classic tractor enthusiasts who are planning a 3,500-mile return journey to sunny Spain.
Farming by the Fireside
Pete Kelly becomes an armchair time traveller as he acquires a bunch of old farming magazines.
News
The Strength of a Mule.
Josephine Roberts spends a day with Ethel Worthington and her two ploughing mules, Queenie and Reuben.
Tractor Talk
An Ivel in Australia - and a superb show medallion from New Zealand.
Lyn's Transatlantic Treasures
There's a warm Welsh welcome in store as Pete Kelly visits vintage tractor and parts importer Lyn Jones of L&L Vintage Tractors.
Ye Dinnae Hae' to Feed a Bidey-Oot
As the credit card time-bomb ticks away, and the nation sinks ever deeper into debt, John Stewart gives a summary lesson in thrift - Glens harny-style!
Readers' Letters
Heritage it Isn't!
Keith Langston meets a vintage tractor enthusiast with a taste for excitement.
`There's a War On, Y'Know!'
Chris Woodcock unearths some wartime photographs recording the demonstration of a muck-shifting device in Warwickshire.
Tracks Across the Field
Jim MacFarlane recalls a brilliant working event in Hampshire.
Back to the `Good' Old Days!
After abandoning the gruelling farm work of his youth for a lorrydriving career, George Blaylock soon caught the bug for old tractors again, as David Bowers reports.
The Tractor that Went to Church
Leslie Hutchinson tells the story of a David Brown Cropmaster's hard and eventful working life in Northern Ireland.
We'll Never Put `Old Faithful' Out to Grass!
Clarence Naylor tells about a Fordson tractor that's been in the same family for more than 60 years - and is still going strong.
What's the Buzz?
Alan Barnes watches two restored classic tractors at work as a modified Bamford's saw-bench is brought into action.
Reviews
Half a Century of TopClass Ploughing
Ken Chappell to s Pete Kelly the story of the British Ploughing Championships during a visit to the Society of Ploughmen's HQ
The Land of His Delight
Pete Kelly visits Hexham, Northumberland, for a rewarding interview with noted watercolour artist Philip Oliver.
Clydesdales - the Gentle Giants
Agnes Leith plots the history of the Clydesdale horse, and tells of the recent revival of interest in this great breed.
Threshing & Hulling in Suffolk
Pat Freeman tells how the third and fourth generations of a 19th Century threshing family are still bringing the past to life.
Autumn Glory!
Keith Langston concludes his twopart feature about tractor enthusiasts in Cheshire.
Haw Does your Garden Grow?
Pete Kelly visits an enthusiastic and knowledgeable collector of historic agricultural equipment in Nottinghamshire.
Crofting an Skye
Alan Barnes visits a museum on the Island of Skye which tells how the old-time crofters used to live.
Rare Breeds Factfile
In the first of a new series, Marianne Thomas tells the story of the Belted Galloway cattle.
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Are You Sitting Colourfully?
John Hobbs comes across a superb collection of cast iron implement seats, and raises the question of who really made them?
Reaching Out to Ferguson Fans
Spotlight on the well-produced Ferguson Club Journal.
How Cyrus Reaped What he Sowed
During his New Zealand travels, Roger Hamlin comes across a replica of Cyrus McCormick's 19th Century reaper which eventually revolutionised the North American harvest.
Welcome
Changing to monthly frequency will bring both great challenges and opportunities for Tractor & Farming Heritage, and our Editor spells out what it means.
Time Machine!
Jerry Thurston takes a critical look at Henry Ford's work of genius, the ubiquitous Fordson F tractor which finally made power farming affordabl....