3 Welcome
6 Nothing but the best at Newark
This years Newark Tractor Show yet again smashed all attendance records for the two-day event with 12,000 visitors turning out to enjoy more than 700 exhibits. Our chief correspondent, Peter Love, has the story.
12 Tools for the job
Donald Bowler delves into the scrapbook cuttings of Hertfordshire farmer and collector Alec Worbey and takes a look at cultivation implements.
16 The real Ollie
David Bowers revisits Rodney Thompson near Carnforth, Lancs, to see what a super job hes made of a tired and battered Oliver 600.
22 Gentle giant!
Our technical editor, Jerry Thurston, discovers the Case 25-45 crossmotor is certainly a lot of tractor - but he quickly falls for its gentle charms.
26 News
36 Farewell to the Longwools
Red tape and a growing blue tongue threat have caused our smallholding correspondent, Graham Hampstead, to get rid of the Lincoln Longwool sheep that have figured so much in this column.
38 True Blues
Britain still makes tractors, and more than you might think. Pete Henshaw visits the giant New Holland factory in Basildon.
44 Trophy Schneider
When our technical editor, Jerry Thurston, came across an intriguing little crawler with a German-sounding name for a second time, he just had to find out what it was all about.
48 The art of Broken Furrow Ploughing
Our North Wales correspondent, Jo Roberts, visits Arthur Williams, who is enjoying the resurrection on Anglesey of this class of competition ploughing.
52 Full of Eastern promise
Our chief correspondent visits the third National Tractor Show held at the East of England showground in early November.
56 Where are they now?
A photographic memory can have many advantages; Andrew Ritchie recalls some of the tractors and other vehicles from when his family farmed in East Lothian, and wonders if any are still around.
60 Model World
66 Farming in the Sixties
John Blake recalls the Times they were a changing for life as a dairy farmer in the 1960s.
70 Tractors on high
Polly Pullar heads for the hilltop farm of Glassie, near Aberfeldy, where she meets a couple who left the grip of the rat race but took their passion for tractors.
74 Bring on the Motrac!
In our latest workshop feature, Harry Dodd continues his rebuild of a Ransomes No 3 Motrac trailed plough.
78 Setting a new standard
Our chief correspondent witnesses the debut of a restored RAF Fordson, which received much critical acclaim at the FFA event at Moira, Northern Ireland.
82 Sell, sell, sell
Our French correspondents discover old tractors, spare parts and memorabilia swapping hands at record-breaking pace at this years Tractomania event at Caussade.
87 Letters and Reviews
90 Trailer for the main event
Phil Kolbes search for the perfect implement for his Fergie, a Ferguson L-JE-40 Tipping Trailer, ended up with him manufacturing his own solution.
94 Passion and Perfection
Chief correspondent, Peter Love, visits David Graham in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, to find out the secret of this craftsmans success in reaching the heights with the quality of his restorations.
100 Classic Contractors to the Fore
One of Northamptons best known and loved agricultural contractors, Robert A Hawtin & Sons, still use 30-year-old tractors in their everyday business - our chief correspondent has the story.
104 Gathering of the old guard
Our chief correspondent looks at the largest gathering of Turner tractors ever assembled together in preservation times to celebrate 60 years of The Yeoman of England.
108 Melted rubber, and a red hot bell housing
Our Lincolnshire smallholding correspondent, Graham Hampstead, comes across a problem with a Renault tractor that turns out to be not as bad as it seems.
110 Tractor Price Index
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116 Sales & Marketplace News
122 Sales & Auction List
123 Diary Dates
125 Tractor Marketplace
138 Rare Breeds Factfile
This month Marianne Thomas traces the origins of the Southdown Sheep from the Sussex Downs.
3 Welcome
6 Nothing but the best at Newark
This years Newark Tractor Show yet again smashed all attendance records for the two-day event with 12,000 visitors turning out to enjoy more than 700 exhibits. Our chief correspondent, Peter Love, has the story.
12 Tools for the job
Donald Bowler delves into the scrapbook cuttin....