Feature Articles
Farming Heritage: Green for ‘G-O’
14 May 2013
Swords to ploughshares is a much used adage, but there is no better way to describe the ‘G-O’ 14-28 tractor, which was a product of a leading American armaments manufacturer, the General Ordnance Company.
Rugged reliability
9 April 2013.
In the May issue of TFH magazine Jo Roberts meets fisherman Bob Jones from North West Wales for whom no-nonsense affordable tractors are the real catch to match his rugged lifestyle.
Farming Heritage: Bates ‘All Steel’ 20-30hp
12 February 2013.
Our veteran tractor feature this month tracks the development of a tractor which sadly had little impact on the market, and the man behind it – inventor and industrialist Madison F Bates.
It's a cabbage rucker
8 January 2013.
MANY thanks to Mr Forshaw for ringing in to tell us what the implement pictured on page 79 of our January issue was used for.
Sad farewell to the working horse
8 January 2013.
For centuries little moved on the farms of Britain without horse power yet within a few decades of the First World War the working horse had disappeared almost entirely. Simon Butler explores the reasons in an exclusive preview to his new book.
Farming Heritage: Dan Albone – cyclist, inventor and manufacturer
11 December 2012.
A new comprehensive work by Ray Miller and Lee Irvine, published by the John Pinkerton Memorial Publishing Fund has recently been released showcasing the remarkable work of Dan Albone.
Irish elegance
13 November 2012.
Pete Kelly visits County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, to see a newly restored McCormick International B-250 that’s been a treasured member of Brian Durnien’s family for 35 years.
Ivel tractor
9 October 2012.
This is the daddy of them all – the Ivel, which is generally regarded as the first successful British tractor.
Family Ford
11 September 2012.
Nothing to do with Cortinas – this Ford 4000 has become part of the Mancini family and so far taken part in a family wedding, a funeral and a school prom.
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