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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A FAVOURITE PASTIME • We visit an enthusiast from North Ayrshire and his stable of blue and grey veterans.

AND 990 MAKES THREE • Good things take time, and completing this trio of David Browns, an 880, 990 and 1200, is a fine example.

TRACTOR WORLD IS BACK

LIMITED EDITION FORD 7600

RARE GEM AT NEWARK

£31,000 TO THE STARS

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MANY HAPPY RETURNS • Newark Vintage Tractor & Heritage Show, Newark Showground, November 13-14.

JANUARY SALE SUBSCRIBE TODAY • 13 ISSUES £38.32

PETROMOBILIA COLLECTION COMES UP • A keen farming fan and retired builder Charles Nicholls has decided to sell his 671-lot petromobilia collection live and online with Wellers Auctions Ltd, Guildford, Surrey, on January 22.

SLEEPING BEAUTY • The story of an heirloom tractor that spent 73 years in a barn as a non-runner and was largely forgotten about.

THRESHING MACHINES • The story of the threshing machine perfectly illustrates how rare it is that one person can be credited entirely as the sole inventor of a machine.

FLETCH MEMORIES • PART ONE: Ted Everett’s memories of his photographic career working at the Massey Ferguson Fletchamstead Highway site in the Fifties.

In the FARMING 1952 NEWS • Harry Corbett’s puppet bear, Sooty, first appears on BBC TV, and the UK explodes its first atomic bomb. Meanwhile, there are many revelations at the Smithfield Show.

Irish Moiled Cattle • Another fact file from the latest listings of native rare breeds held on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust’s watch list.

STUNNING ‘N’ AT NEWARK

LETTER OF THE MONTH Harvest stackyard

GARNERING MEMORIES

Labour intensive

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RUN FOR ABSENT FRIENDS

MUCK OR NETTLES • Graham Hampstead takes an “all or nothing” approach to solving some of the problems around the smallholding.

FERGIE BRAKES • Although Ferguson tractors aren’t known for their speed, it is still a good idea to have the brakes working as they should!

Marketplace • www.kelseymarketplace.co.uk

DAVID BROWN 50ITD SELLS FOR £8000

COUNTY SELLS LATER

CASE 4890 MAKES £9000

HARRY BRAY CLEAR-UP SALE

PLENTY OF STOCK

Sales dates • COVID-19 - At the time of going to press there is uncertainty about outdoor sales taking place over the next few months, because of the coronavirus, but some online sales are still planned, so please check details beforehand.

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