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    Historical Significance Of Friesians
    Friesian cattle have maintained a distinctive presence on Britain’s farms for over 300 years. These breeds were once described by the Livestock Journal of 1900 as being “both exceptionally good” and yet “remarkably inferior” – some handsome and good
    Tractor & Farming Heritage1 min read
    Diamond Day At Jcb
    JCB chairman Anthony Bamford has just celebrated an unprecedented milestone with the family firm - 60 years’ service. Having completed an engineering apprenticeship with Massey Ferguson in France, he first walked through the doors of the company’s Ro
    Tractor & Farming Heritage9 min read
    2024 Sales Diary
    15 - Collective Machinery Sale in conjunction with Gwilym Richards & Co. Chepstow Racecourse, Chepstow, Monmouthshire NP16 6BE. Greenslade Taylor Hunt, tel: 01278 410250. 16 - Billinghay Farm Machinery Dispersal Auction. Billinghay. Will Barker & Co
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    Case Classics
    Ian spent his childhood on various farms and has lived on the same property since he was 13. When Ian left school at 15, he went to work on a local farm and remembers that he was keen on ploughing matches. “The family originally had a rented farm nea
    Tractor & Farming Heritage1 min read
    LINCOLNSHIRE STEAM & VINTAGE RALLY NO MORE
    It was announced on Saturday, February 17, by Glyn Macdonald, chairman of the Lincolnshire Steam & Vintage Rally, (held at the Lincoln Showground the third weekend in August) is finished after making a loss over the last two years. This was our third
    Tractor & Farming Heritage1 min read
    Tractor & Farming Heritage
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    Welcome
    This month we bring you the sad news that, unfortunately, this will be the last ever issue of Tractor & Farming Heritage. The decision by Kelsey Media to close the magazine has been purely made for commercial reasons. Our quality has never been in an
    Tractor & Farming Heritage1 min read
    Snippets
    A unique JCB tartan tractor has rolled off the production line at Staffordshire’s JCB Landpower factory honouring Scottish rugby legend and motor neuron disease (MND) campaigner Doddie Weir. The Fastrac 4220 iCON wrapped in Doddie’s own design tartan
    Tractor & Farming Heritage2 min read
    Farming Memories
    Here are a couple of photos taken during the late Forties. The Marshall Model M’s and threshing mills / straw-pitchers, etc were the property of a threshing contractor called Peter Myhill who operated from Wymondham in Norfolk. Peter had upgraded fro
    Tractor & Farming Heritage1 min read
    BROWN & CO
    Brown and Co have just announced a vintage sale in Cambridgeshire on Saturday, April 13, and will include a sale of Fergusons, Fordsons and David Browns + memorabilia and more. More details available soon. For more information on upcoming sales and t
    Tractor & Farming Heritage7 min read
    Funky 4wd Fordson
    The ‘have a go’ attitude of ours has led to the creation of some very interesting contraptions. Some are wonderfully innovative, while others fit firmly in the crazy world of Heath Robinson. There is one contraption residing in tractor form in the da
    Tractor & Farming Heritage5 min read
    The End Of The Line
    Here we are, the last workshop article I will be writing for this magazine. I must say it has been an enjoyable journey all 18 years of it, the workshop articles for the last ten years or so. Along the way through the magazine, I have communicated al
    Tractor & Farming Heritage1 min read
    Charity Status For Acton Scott
    The Charity Commission has approved the registration of Acton Scott Heritage Farm as a new charity, say the farm trustees. This paves the way for the farm to open later in 2024 and for the popular site to once again welcome visitors of all ages to wi
    Tractor & Farming Heritage1 min read
    Contributors This Issue
    Professional heritage writer based in Wales. Roving reporter and technical writer. Editor of your favourite Tractor magazine. Author and agricultural industry journalist. Also, thanks to Jonathan Whitlam, Bob Weir, Peter Love, Graham Hampstead. ■
    Tractor & Farming Heritage5 min read
    Biggest Crowd Ever
    It took place this year in dry conditions and the temperature crept up to heady heights of 7°C as the day went and for a time the sun came out as well as a bonus. There was by far the biggest crowd seen here in recent years, particularly on the Satur
    Tractor & Farming Heritage1 min read
    Top Price At Shrewsbury
    Abumper entry of over 750 lots sold for up to £27,200 at auctioneers Halls’ first Shrewsbury Plant and Machinery auction of the year on February 3. Top price went to a 2015 Massey Ferguson 5612 Dyna 4 complete with Quickie Loader, while a Richard Wes
    Tractor & Farming Heritage2 min read
    The Ferguson Link Box
    The names used for these useful versatile carriers vary from region to region. They are known as transport boxes, link boxes, back boxes, and churn carriers, for they were oft en used to carry milk churns once horses and carts had ceased to be used o
    Tractor & Farming Heritage6 min read
    Rolling Back The Years
    Back in 2014 on our welcome page, I said: “Looking back through old literature and farming magazines is a good reminder that farming heritage is about the ‘whole thing’. By that I mean not just tractors, combines and other major items of machinery th
    Tractor & Farming Heritage8 min read
    Massey Fergusons Of 1964
    It was known as the DX project within the company of Massey Ferguson. It was a radical redesign of the Massey Ferguson tractor line-up, and it was to be a global design that would be produced and sold globally with only small regional modifications t
    Tractor & Farming Heritage3 min read
    Product Reviews
    In the village of Fleet, near the town of Holbeach in the windswept fens of south Lincolnshire, lives a man who has spent his entire life with tractors. That man’s name is Robbie Th orpe, and in a new series of DVDs we shall get to know him, his coll
    Tractor & Farming Heritage7 min read
    That Time Of Year
    Well, the lake that had developed to cover our roadside fields slowly drained away, and it looked like we would get our grass back. Then we got another gut full of rain and now the lake is back and larger than before. This latest downpour urged me on
    Tractor & Farming Heritage4 min read
    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 tfh.ed@kelsey.co.uk Here are some photos of me and my old neighbour. I will start with Jack Pa
    Tractor & Farming Heritage1 min read
    Celebration Of Rural Life
    When summer returns, so will the Royal Bath & West Show with three full days of farming and foodies, activities and entertainment, music, and family fun - a grand celebration of rural life. Returning to the Bath & West Showground near Shepton Mallet,
    Tractor & Farming Heritage1 min read
    The Definitive Guide To keeping And Rearing Pigs
    Want to keep some pigs on your smallholding, but need some expert advice? Practical Pigs magazine provides smallholders with highly relevant content to help them get the best results from their pigs. Each issue features in-depth buying guides and pra
    Tractor & Farming Heritage7 min read
    60 Years Of 6x
    The Ford Motor Company had planned for 1964 to be a very special year. A year that would see all the old tractor models produced in America and in Britain replaced by a totally new range that was to be built worldwide in three different countries. Be
    Tractor & Farming Heritage1 min read
    Tractor Fest Comes Of Age
    Tractor Fest celebrates its 18th anniversary this year at Newby Hall, North Yorkshire over June 8-9. It will showcase over 1000 vintage and modern tractors, 600 stationary engines, commercial vehicles, cars, trucks, and motorcycles. Among this year’s
    Tractor & Farming Heritage1 min read
    Festival Of Vintage Transport
    The Gloucestershire Vintage & Country Extravaganza will make a welcome return to South Cerney Airfield, near Cirencester, on August 2-4. The show has grown considerably from its humble beginnings in 1975 on a football field in Stonehouse and is now a
    Tractor & Farming Heritage1 min read
    Next Month
    It was a bold idea to change the look of the Massey Ferguson tractor forever and it also set the standards for what would follow when the 100 Series, was finally launched towards the end of 1964. The Ford Motor Company had planned for 1964 to be a ve
    Tractor & Farming Heritage8 min read
    Winds Of Change
    Each day I walked through the allotment, checking how far my new wellies had sunk into the mud. And each day they sunk a little less. I fitted in the welly/mud test in with my mole-catching campaign. I carry all my mole-catching kit in an old plastic

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