3 Welcome
A pang of guilt - and a forthcoming working weekend - force our editor to drag his old plough out of the weeds.
6 A Renault diamond
While studying a 1920s Renault PE tractor at the Little Casterton Working Weekend, Jerry Thurston is struck by the split personality of its design - half-primitive and half ahead of its time.
10 Another great flingat Little Casterton!
Muck-spreading and Case tractors and machinery were the winning themes at this years Little Casterton Working Weekend - and Noel Bridgeman was there to bring another brilliant set of pictures.
14 Half Mastiff, half Doe and genius in between
John Haywards latest amazing tractor creation made its debut at the recent Southwell Ploughing Match - and our technical editor is the first to explain how it works.
18 Euro-zone comes to Onslow Park
The special theme for Brian Smiths working field at this years Shrewsbury Steam Rally was tractors manufactured in mainland Europe - and as Peter Love discovered, the variety was endless.
23 Letters
27 News
34 Ploughing with Iron Horses
George Holt reports from the fourth Iron Horse Ploughing Championships at New Haw, Surrey.
36 Berwick St John Fayre defies the mud - again!
Peter Love soaks up the unique atmosphere despite the conditions underfoot at the biennial Berwick St John Country Fayre close to the Wilts-Dorset border.
47 Its Newark showtime!
This years Tractor magazine-sponsored Newark Vintage Tractor & Heritage Show on 8-9 November promises to be the best yet - so make it a date!
50 Big Bull, little Bull
Mike Kendall took both of his Bull tractors to the Onslow Park working field this year - and our technical editor was there to compare the two.
54 A Highland time warp
Polly Pullar is transported back in time when she visits a wonderful yet still little-known countryside museum at Blair Atholl.
58 Timber tractor that time forgot
Jo Roberts falls for the charms of a Unipower timber tractor that looks like a truck from another age.
62 A countryside Christmas
The latest Christmas cards from Society Cards are full of countryside nostalgia - and they aid rural charities as well.
66 Best foot forward!
Peter Henshaw comes across a 1944 Fordson complete with Rotaped tracks - and asks owner Gary Reynolds what its all about.
70 Combine cracker!
Colin Cloudes just-restored 1966 Massey-Ferguson 400 combine made a sparkling debut at the Great Dorset Steam Fair - and Peter Love finds out how it was so brilliantly transformed.
75 Workshop
Bleeding the brakes on an International 454, rebuilding a six-cylinder Nuffield and choosing the right puller for the job.
80 All that rain - and it missed!
Despite a change of venue forced by the late harvest, this years Tracks Across the Field event escaped virtually scot-free from the gloomy weather, and had a record entry!
84 Marshall masterpiece!
We review the book that every Marshall fan in the land has been talking about for months.
88 Power Major to the rescue!
David Bowers finds a winch-fitted Fordson Power Major thats been with the same family since new, and has rescued bogged-down bulldozers, beached fishing boats and crashed aircraft alike.
95 Clutch trouble!
Graham Hampstead recalls his days of learning about tractor clutches the hard way.
98 Lady Luck rides again
Peter Small reports from the big Farming Yesteryear event at Scone Palace, near Perth.
102 Model world.
108 Watkins wins for England!
The European Vintage Ploughing Championships shared the same site with the 50th anniversary match of the All Wales Championships at Hindwell Farm, near Presteigne, mid-Wales - the place where it all started.
110 Tractor Price Index
114 Sales & Marketplace News
122 Sales & Auction List
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