Tractor & Farming Heritage
May 2009
Celebrating the history and development of the tractor
Regulars
3 Welcome
Editorial update from Tony H.
12 News
Whats going on in the world of tractors.
18 Best yet at Malvern
A record crowd visited the Tractor World show at Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire, on 28 February.
60 Putting your head on the block
Our smallholding correspondent bemoans the problems caused by porous castings.
80 Model World
Bringing the full story behind the evergrowing model sales scene.
86 Letters and reviews
Your views and product news.
92 A foray into Fife
The rebirth of the Highlands of Fife ploughing match to mark the centenary of the associations formation.
96 Whats on in 2009
Your events calendar April - May.
137 Rare Breeds
No62 Sussex cattle.
138 Next Month
Preview Junes issue of Tractor magazine
Your tractors
6 Kens Hunting Pink friends
An exclusive look at the Hunting Pink collection of Ken Halden in Staffordshire, a very keen David Brown fan.
22 Express delivery
Some say the Lanz Express Bulldog has all the attributes to be called the tractor collectors tractor.
32 In for a penny, in for a pound
In part two of his restoration project with a Fisher Humphries plough, Harry Dodd gets down to the fine detail.
36 Suburban splendour
A Massey Ferguson MF135 that raised a few issues throughout its restoration.
40 Problem child comes good
A story with a happy ending as a rogue Roadless is finally tamed with George Yarwoods tlc.
44 One to Nine
Its a challenge to every Ford collector to own the full set of 1000 series tractors. We visit a man who has done just that.
50 A ceremony of standing
Mick Blackburn and Ray Woolford dust off their prized collection of tractors.
54 Handy Hanomag
Made in Germany, worked in France, now living in Wiltshire, we track down a rare Hanomag R425.
Farming heritage
26 Sleeping beauties
Are they dead or merely sleeping? Tractors by the wayside in Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.
64 Sixes and Eights
We continue our series tracking the development of the International brand in Great Britain post WWII.
68 The age of advance into testing times
Alecs cuttings reveal the story of American tractors in post WWII days.
72 Cherchez le tracteur
A visit to one of the most celebrated museums of agriculture in France - the Museum of Agriculture at Chartres.
78 Slovenia bound - carrying the Welsh flag
Meet one of the shining stars of the Welsh ploughing scene - Elfed Jones, representing Wales in the 2009 World Ploughing Contest in Slovenia.
Marketplace
104 Tractor Price Index
Veteran, vintage and classic tractor values - Fendt to Marshall.
108 Blue through and through
We pay a visit to Railswood Tractors in the West Midlands.
112 Tractor events
Road runs and ploughing events.
116 Sales & Marketplace News
Around the auctions.
124 Tractor Marketplace
Front cover
A 1959 David Brown 25D hop tractor pictured at East Peckham, Kent by Alan Barnes.
Regulars
3 Welcome
Editorial update from Tony H.
12 News
Whats going on in the world of tractors.
18 Best yet at Malvern
A record crowd visited the Tractor World show at Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire, on 28 February.
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