Tractor & Farming Heritage
July 2004
Celebrating the history and development of the tractor
Welcome
Heaping praise on the vintage tractor owners who do their bit for charity time and time again.
Titan Goes for £20,000
Sale prices soared in the summer sunshine at a much-anticipated Cheshire tractor sale on May 22. Keith Langston reports.
Tractor Talk
How a nicely-restored 1962 Massey-Ferguson 35 has become the new iron horse of former itinerant worker David Rawlings and his Romany caravan.
Paired for a Purpose
David Bowers meets up with Steve Butterworth near Wetherby, North Yorkshire, to learn all about his grey and gold Ferguson and matching Standard Ten service van.
News
Reporting on some recent tractor events and not forgetting our new colour cartoon strip, Wurzel & Gripper.
New Tractor Club Shows its Mettle
How the enthusiastic North Bucks Vintage Tractor Club was formed.
International Acclaim
David Bowers meets the owner of a rare and attractive International BTD5 crawler tractor.
Island on the Edge of the World
Polly Pullar laments for a way of life no more as she visits the far-flung British outpost of St Kilda.
Farming by the Fireside
Scanning the pages of a fabulous Special Coronation Album Number of The Scottish Farmer which was published more than half a century ago.
Readers Letters
The Irish claim the moral ground after that big Australian working tractor record attempt.
Rare Breeds Factfile
This month Marianne Thomas focuses on the Cleveland Bay.
A Family Inheritance
Pete Kelly meets Massey-Harris collector extraordinary John Farnworth at his Snowdonian home to learn about three tractors from this famous marque with a particular family history.
Still on the Pace After 66 Years
Richard Pocock tells all about his recently-imported 1938 Massey-Harris Pacemaker which has more than lived up to its name.
Jos Excellent Adventure
Josephine Roberts has just completed a camping trek across Wales on her trusty Massey-Ferguson 35 without having to call down a helicopter-borne midwife by strobe location light!
Special Delivery!
In his Dairyana column, Brian Howes tells why old milk delivery vehicles are such sought-after collectors items today.
Milestones: The Allis - Chalmers Model U
Starting a new series, Peter Henshaw tells of the impact Allis-Chalmers made on the tractor market when it committed itself to the advancement of rubber-tyred machinery.
Philosophy in Muddy Wellies!
Life on a farm beats the classroom hands down in encouraging ingenuity, lateral thought and self-reliance, says former teacher and agricultural graduate Paul Smart, who has recorded a significant period of Scottish farming history. Jock Stewart tells the story.
Reviews
Mogul Magnificence!
Jerry Thurston gets behind the wheel of David Whites 1916 International Mogul tractor and the experience exceeds his wildest expectations!
News Extra
Diary Dates
The Darling Buds of May
Alan Barnes reflects on much quieter times as he visits the fast-growing Museum of Kent Life at Cobtree, near Maidstone.
Young Guns Still Going Strong
Pat Freeman spends a day at the Essex Young Farmers Show & Rally, which from its humble beginnings now attracts more than 16,000 visitors.
A Promise Kept and a Character to Remember
Keith Langston revisits Norman and Mark Dean to learn all about the latest two immaculate tractors to join their fleet including a Minneapolis-Moline with a long Cheshire history.
Rushing to the Roup!
Peter Small watches as more Scottish agricultural history goes under the gavel at two Angus roups, or farm equipment sales.
Farming in Miniature
Warner K. Hall recalls the intricate adaptations he enjoyed making to the popular plastic Airfix Ferguson tractor kits.
Ferguson Favourites!
Obsolete models of the classic Ferguson TE20 tractor are fairly hard to find these days, and are highly prized by collectors, writes Brian Howes.
Only Fergies and Ladies Allowed!
On a side field at a ploughing match in Cornwall, John Hobbs comes across an idea which could go a long way.
Welcome
Heaping praise on the vintage tractor owners who do their bit for charity time and time again.
Titan Goes for £20,000
Sale prices soared in the summer sunshine at a much-anticipated Cheshire tractor sale on May 22. Keith Langston reports.
Tractor Talk
How a nicely-restored 1962 Massey-Ferguso....
