6 What a result!
How Paul and David Howes restored a 1973 articulated Massey-Ferguson 1200 to perfection - in five months flat!

10 The Land Army at work
Mary Johns previews a Lymington exhibition, starting in September, of the work of war artist Evelyn Dunbar, who captured some of the best-known images of the Women’s Land Army on canvas.

14 What’s green and white and Brown all over?
The answer is a David Brown-based Oliver 500. David Bowers visits Rodney Thompson, who’s just restored one.

15 Letters

22 In the pink!
The third Norfolk Ladies’ Tractor Road Run in aid of breast cancer awareness was the best yet. Pete Kelly reports.

26 Coupland’s crawlers
Jerry Thurston gets behind the controls of a mighty Caterpillar D7 at a working day organised by Maurice Coupland.

31 News
Including tractor prices from the latest Cheffins sale.

40 British Tractor Challenge victory - photo special
Now that the dust and clamour has died down, readers help us reflect on an unforgettable day at Hullavington when Britain captured the record for the most tractors at work in a single field.

48 At one with the landscape
Polly Pullar meets organic farmers Minty and Aeneas Mackay on the stunning Isle of Mull.

54 Waking from a nightmare
After seeing his Friesian herd destroyed during the 2001 foot and mouth epidemic, Cumbrian farmer Robin Dixon found some solace in restoring his 1983 Massey-Ferguson 230.

59 Tractor Marketplace
If you’re buying or selling tractors and everything associated with them, this is the place to look.

75 We like ours rare!
A group of tractor enthusiasts from Kent find some refreshing changes when they attend a biennial event in Belgium.

80 Welcome home!
How Mark and Simon Hobson tracked down not just one, but three of the tractors their grandad used to own.

86 Now - a world record attempt for combines!
We’ve seen 2141 tractors at Hullavington - and now the Republic of Ireland is going for a world record for the number of pre-1970s combine harvesters at work.

88 ‘Scots invaders’ ride again!
Peter Small writes about the tractorborne ‘raiding party’ that sets off for the Rothbury Rally each year.

92 Diary Dates

94 Katie mixes it!
Renamed Katie on account of its ‘KTL’ number plate, Pete Kelly’s Fordson Major mixes it with Maurice Coupand’s impressive ‘heavy mob’.

96 It ain’t half hot, Mum!
Graham Hampstead brings a medley of subjects, including memories of servicing Ford 9700s and his acquisition of a shepherd’s hut.

102 Best of both worlds
Jerry Thurston brings his first impressions of JCB’s fast and powerful 8250 Fastrac.

108 Keeping up with the Joneses
Jo Roberts meets Jones the restorer, Jones the dairy farmer and Jones the baler.

112 Bigger & better
In a new four-part series Mike Teanby looks at the origins of the farm tractor, and explains why bigger & better is the only way to go.

116 Ploughing step-by-step
Harry Dodd explains the rudiments of match work to the beginner.

120 Steyr 540 restored
When Jock Stewart called on Jim Tosh of Blairgowrie to follow progress on his Steyr 540, he got a bit more than he bargained for!

123 Rare Breeds Factfile
Middle White pigs are ‘on the menu’ this month.

124 Heritage wins the day
John Hobbs is impressed by a brand new show in Somerset.

128 Workshop
Jerry Thurston introduces us to the secrets of MIG welding.

6 What a result!
How Paul and David Howes restored a 1973 articulated Massey-Ferguson 1200 to perfection - in five months flat!

10 The Land Army at work
Mary Johns previews a Lymington exhibition, starting in September, of the work of war artist Evelyn Dunbar, who captured some of the best-known images of the Women’s L....