A VINTAGE Massey Ferguson 135 was bought back by its original owner at Brown & Co’s Collective Machinery Auction in Brigg recently.
First registered in April 1969 to Lincolnshire farmer Roger Patrick, the tractor was purchased from local Massey Ferguson Machinery dealers Peacock & Binnington. Put to work at Stoneybridge Farm, near Market Rasen, it was sold back to Peacock & Binnington some four years later.

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THE 151st Great Yorkshire Show, one of the leading countryside events of the year, takes place in the spa town of Harrogate this summer – and now is your chance to be part of it.
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AGRICULTURE students at Kingston Maurward College have been ‘mucking about’ to help keep a life-saving service airborne.
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EAST Anglia has a new kind of dating agency – one that pairs up farmers looking for new grazing land for their livestock with landowners who need help managing their meadows and grasslands.
Between issue news
Time is running out for would be catwalk models as the entry deadline approaches for the Yorkshire Agricultural Society’s ‘Find a Model Young Farmer Competition’
Between issue news
THE East of England Agricultural Society is once again searching for the best farms in their annual Farm Business Awards.
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Fresh in the field
MODERN farmers wouldn’t be without their laptops on which all their field, crop and livestock data is recorded.
But with the help of wrappz.com, you can now personalise your laptop or iPod with a photo of your favourite farming scene as well as helping to protect it from the dust and dirt which goes with the job.
Between issues Event News
Momentum is gathering for the Heroes’ Festival on Friday 26 June at Newark Showground. The show has grown to the extent it is now a leading event during National Armed Forces Week.
Plant and Machinery [ NEW ]
Two bales at a time could cut trips across the field by half this harvest with Stronga’s Universal Double Sub 240 double bale grab.
Landscape and Forestry
A year-long study of bats in Kielder Water and Forest Park has discovered that the creature likes to hang out in real style – at historic 18th century Kielder Castle!
Landscape and Forestry
A PIONEERING project to encourage more people living in Wyre to think green and switch to using woodfuel to heat their homes and businesses is setting a benchmark for the rest of the region.
Landscape and Forestry
The new Ferrari Cobram is now available in a range of three models with two engine sizes of 49hp and 58hp exclusively from Lamberhurst Engineering.
Events
THE content of this year’s Cereals event will be more pertinent than ever given the current economic climate, according to event organiser Haymarket Exhibitions.
It will take place on Wednesday and Thurday 10-11 June at Velcourt's Vine Farm, Wendy, near Royston, Cambs.
4x4
Mark Harwood Stone finds that size doesn’t always matter when it comes to all-terrain ability
4x4
NEW and revised powertrains with Toyota Optimal Drive technology are among the improvements to the 2009 RAV4. The four-model range includes diesel and petrol versions.
Down to Earth
AMPAIR, the Berkshire-based company, has just revealed photographs of its sleek new 6000W x 5.5m turbine, the latest in a long line of reliable, rugged and quiet wind generators.
The turbine recently won the prestigious Rushlight Windpower Award 2008 and the company is now accepting orders via its distributors.
Sports and Hobbies
Chas Baird puts sea fishing kit to the freshwater test and bags a big one. SOME time ago, I tested some sea fishing kit marketed by Shakespeare as their IN2 range. I remarked then that the pier/rock rod would be usable for pike fishing. A few weeks later, I decided to put it to the test. First I had to find out what I would have to acquire that might not be in the normal sea angler’s tackle box.
Rolling back the years
WHEN Massey Ferguson launched its 3000 series in late 1986, it was the culmination of seven years of design and production of this new hi-tech range. Gordon Nicholson traces its evolution.