Tractor & Farming Heritage

Tractor & Farming Heritage magazine celebrates the development of the farm tractor from its historical roots, right up to the present day. Presenting an unrivalled combination of in-depth technical features along with monthly news and reports on developments within the industry. Tractor & Farming Heritage is aided by an expert team and enthusiastic contributors – transporting readers back to days gone by, while keeping them up to date with spectacular restoration projects. Meet the owners and restorers and discover all the latest from vintage and modern scenes. Led by an expert team of enthusiast contributors, Tractor transports readers back to days gone by, while keeping them up to date with spectacular restoration projects. All this is topped off with a burst of in-depth technical features and monthly reports on the many developments in the tractor and farming machinery world.

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Tractor & Farming Heritage

1953: DAVID BROWN’S BIG YEAR • We celebrate the new set of David Brown tractor models that arrived in 1953, produced in the Meltham Mills factory, near Huddersfield in Yorkshire.

TRACTORS GALORE • For those interested in tractors, Tractor Fest at Newby Hall, Ripon was the place to be over the weekend of June 10-11.

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SPECIAL VISITOR AT WITHAM GROUP

Snippets

BELFAST WORKING DAY • Cultra Museum Ferguson Tractor Working Day, Ulster Folk Museum near Belfast, June 24.

ANOTHER VINTAGE VALE • Vale Vintage Machinery Show, Pen-y-Cefn, Caerwys, Flintshire, July 1-2.

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LEND-LEASE LEGACY • Jo Roberts meets ploughman John Halsall and finds out why he has a soft spot for his Ford-Ferguson.

LESS FAMILIAR FORDS… • Nick Baldwin continues his look at abandoned tractors ‘snapped’ over the years and shows us some of the more unusual ones.

CLASSIC CASE • We visit an enthusiast in Cheshire who owns a fine example of the Case Model C.

The Horse Collar • The horse collar was a crucial invention in ages past. It provided the means for the horse to transmit its power effectively to the cart or implement it was working.

PINK LADIES’ TRACTOR ROAD RUN • The iconic event smashes the £1m mark for charity in its 20th year.

MARSHALLS MEMORABLE MOMENT • A weekend of celebrations to mark Marshall’s 175th Anniversary and Marshall products spanning 100 years took place on June 17-18.

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INDUSTRIAL MAGIC • vintage scene

TractorTalk • We want your news, views, and pictures: Write to us at Tractor & Farming Heritage, The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Kent, ME18 6AL or email tony.hoyland@kelsey.co.uk

POST-WAR MEMORIES

THE HAYMAKERS • The horse-drawn hay rake dates back to the early days of farm mechanisation and was easy to make and simple to use; its basic design lasted more than a century.

FRONT AXLE STRIP DOWN • At last, the young blue tits have flown the nest, and Richard Lofting has possession of the SFV204 tractor once again and the work can begin.

What’s On

TRACKS ACROSS THE FIELD • Froxfield, Nr Petersfield, Hampshire GU32 1BD, August 19-20.

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