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

Tractor & Farming Heritage

Transmission revolution • Sixty years ago, Massey Ferguson announced a brand-new feature on its existing 65 tractor model and the new 35X, also launched in 1962 – Multi-Power.

Last of the line • We meet an enthusiast from Shropshire with a superb example of the Fordson New Performance Super Major.

The Fordson New Performance Super Major

NEW AGRICULTURE SHOW

TRIMPLEY TRIUMPH

STAR AT SHREWSBURY

THE TALENT OF TOMORROW

Snippets

Newark Vintage Tractor Show • The special tractor that inspired the Field Marshall Club PREVIEW The brother of Field Marshall Club founder Peter Anderson shares the family story that inspired its creation.

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE TRACTOR ENTHUSIAST

CHARLES WILKINS SCRAPBOOK • PART TWO: Charles Wilkins continues the story of the Wilkins brothers, who were famous Oxfordshire farmers and early preservationists, and collected a wonderful array of veteran, vintage, and early classic tractors.

A PRESSING SOLUTION • Murray Stokes, a hay press, baler enthusiast and historian from Goorambat, Victoria, in Australia comments on Eurwyn Morgan’s stationary baler featured in the September issue of TFH.

BIG BLUE BEHEMOTH • The Vickers Vigor V180 is celebrating 70 years since it first came into production in 2022.

PRESERVING TRADITIONS • We meet a man dedicated to keeping the horse-drawn traditions alive and well on the Emerald Isle.

ULTIMATE TRACTOR POWER

KEEPING GOATS

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

Matchless Mower

TRAILER TIPS

NVTRR 2023 UPDATE

HERITAGE BOOKAZINES

GLAD TO BE BACK

GOLDEN DAYS • Fortune still favours Graham Hampstead in the runup to the crucial National rare breed show and sale at Melton Mowbray.

The Root Chopper • It is hard to imagine nowadays how much impact the introduction of a simple machine such as this root chopper could have on a farm over 100 years ago.

DAVID BROWN HYDRAULICS • With the David Brown 780 now running and some issues with it ironed out, it left the three-point linkage problem to sort.

What’s on

HEAD FOR THE HILLS • Nantmel Tractor Run, from Maesygelli Farm, July 17.

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

PRODUCT REVIEWS

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