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.

Welcome

Contributors this issue

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Spoilt for choice • The Massey Ferguson 135 and Fordson Dexta were two of the most iconic tractors of the Sixties. So, what better pair for an enthusiast to own?

WORLD OF STUNNING MACHINERY • Because of the pandemic, Tractor World could not take place in February this year and if it had been its usual date, Storm Eunice would have hit it with 60-80mph winds that streamed across the Three-Counties Showground Malvern, Worcestershire.

JCB’S PAGEANT PERFORMANCE

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS

ROADLESS REVELATION

ROYAL WELSH SHOW

Snippets

MILESTONE BIRTHDAY FOR FORGOTTEN GENIUS • Bicentenary of pneumatic tyre inventor, R W Thomson (1822-73).

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A PETTIT TRAILER TIMELINE • Trailers are one of the simplest agricultural implements. As such, they are one of the most ubiquitous and often overlooked pieces of tackle.

NICK’S EX-TRACTORS • PART TWO: Author and well-known writer in heritage preservation circles, Nick Baldwin, continues the story of how his passion for collecting took off.

CONTINENTAL CURIOSITIES • Ben Phillips loves tractors from Europe and finds something unusual about them, which makes them quite different to the “normal” British tractor, like this Eicher ES201.

AUSSIE SURPRISE • This stationary baler has been in the owner’s family since the late Fifties, and they never knew its make. He has recently restored it and discovered it is an Australian HV McKay baler.

J & R Wallace Fertiliser Spreader • During the late 19th and 20th centuries, the engineering firm J & R Wallace was a major manufacturer of agricultural machinery in Scotland. The company was based in Castle Douglas, on a site known simply as The Foundry.

IN MEMORY OF HERBERT EPTON

LETTER OF THE MONTH West bay wonders • 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

MILK IS VITAL

SOME GOOD ADVICE • Graham Hampstead takes the Johnson hoover to a show and gets some first-hand guidance on how it should be used.

Norfolk Horn Sheep • Another fact file from the latest listings of native rare breeds held on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust’s watch list.

GETTING THE NARROW STRAIGHT • Richard Lofting gets drawn into the assessment and repair of a David Brown 780 Narrow.

Sales dates • To avoid disappointment, please check the details listed with the company conducting the sale.

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