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
DAVID BROWN DECADES • This enthusiast has been collecting David Brown tractors for many years and found a pattern emerging - to collect a tractor from each decade.
SPRINGING INTO ACTION • Visitors came from all over the UK, Ireland, France and The Netherlands for the Spring Tractor World Show, Three Counties Showground, Malvern, on March 11-12.
Selected show results
CEREALS SHOWCASE
TENTH TURNOUT
SHROPSHIRE PLOUGHING
COUNTRYSIDE FESTIVAL
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BEHIND THE CAMERA • PART THREE: Peter Love looks back at the 2022 preservation season from behind his camera in part three of our story.
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RED, GREY, AND YELLOW? • Ex-firefighter Nev Roberts has a passion for Ferguson and Massey Ferguson tractors and a special reason for planning to paint his latest acquisition a rather unorthodox colour.
STILL FIT FOR PURPOSE • David Mennell tells us all about this Nuffield Universal 3, which is 65 years young and still at work.
MAKING TRACKS THE ALLIS-CHALMERS MODEL M • Allis-Chalmers played an important role in farm mechanisation for most of the 20th century and yet it is a name seldom referred to today, despite being a global brand.
Howard Horse Plough • The Howard of Bedford Horse Plough was the flagship product for a whole range of machinery for this company.
FINGER-BAR MOWERS • More farming memories by John Corkish from Port St Mary, Isle of Man.
KEEPING UP STANDARDS • PART ONE: The Fordson Model N was so ubiquitous that at one time most traditional farms seemed to have a neglected one in a nettle patch.
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JD MANNHEIM MILESTONE • The John Deere plant in Mannheim celebrates the production of its two-millionth tractor.
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ALL HANDS ON DECK • Not only is it time for working through the night with the lambing, but also high time to get the topper fettled for work this year.
GEARBOX STRIP DOWN • It’s time to strip down the Massey Ferguson 135 and take the gearbox apart to find the source of the leaking oil.
VINTAGE LAUNCESTON • Launceston Steam & Vintage Rally, Fivelanes, nr Altarnun, Cornwall PL15 7RR, May 27-29.
ALL SET FAIR FOR CHIPPING • Showground, Chipping, Preston, PR3 2TQ, May 27-29.
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