The 2017 British National Ploughing Championships returned to a previous site as good weather, good ploughing and a good crowd were enjoyed.
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The British National Ploughing Championships took place at the fine KS Coles site at Bishop’s Lydeard, near Taunton, Somerset, on October 14 and 15. Here, some 260 ploughmen and women took part in the various competitions and there were agricultural displays - particularly from the Ferguson Club, Ford and Fordson Association and the Vintage Horticultural & Garden Machinery Club. There were also some fine Somerset club displays and a good selection in the demonstration vintage-classic section.
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![The (Dodgy) Italian Job](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/9912/238669/59cc5b3400eb2/crp_The-Dodgy-Italian-Job.jpg)
The (Dodgy) Italian Job
Dan Harris guides us through buying a tractor which is rare enough to turn heads but shares something unwanted with an 1980s Alfa Romeo
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Straight To The Point
With hard ground and difficulty in getting his plough to penetrate, Andrew Hall sets about fitting some new points
![MF Ploughman Comes Out On Top](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/9912/256495/5a4771be9ea62/crp_MF-PLOUGHMAN-COMES-OUT-ON-TOP.jpg)
MF Ploughman Comes Out On Top
The 2017 British National Ploughing Championships returned to a previous site as good weather, good ploughing and a good crowd were enjoyed.
![Diamonds Are For Ever?](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/9912/256495/5a47725c70898/crp_DIAMONDS-ARE-FOR-EVER.jpg)
Diamonds Are For Ever?
Here’s some good news from the editor for those wanting to give their restorations that special final touch
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Original Is Best!
Peter Love travelled to Shropshire to take in a very original Massey Ferguson 65 Mk2 that its owner purchased some 15 years ago. Yet it is only now that he has got it out of the shed and taken it to a couple of events. At Tractor World Autumn at Newbury Showground in October, it took 'Best Exhibit in Show' and quite rightly so, writes Peter. We find out the best way to clean up a tractor like this and get the best out of it, at the same time keeping the original look
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Back to Life After 30 Years
It is thought the MF 35 was used as a shunter in Belfast International Airport.Chris McCullough finds an industrial tractor that once towed aircraft round an international airport and then ended up in a shed
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Putting Right Neglect
The tractor as Russell bought it, with industrial tyres.Russell McNab reports on how he restored an MF 135 and kept his wife happy in the process – until she discovered his other plan
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French Classics Are Continental
Mention Massey Ferguson to enthusiast Tom French and a smile immediately lights up his face. Bob Weir went to Cumnock in East Ayrshire, to see the recent additions to his superb collection
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Excellence In Power And Performance
A classic view of a farm at work prompted Alan Barnes to look into the story of the MF 65
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George Likes His Chips
Massey Ferguson’s 3000 Series is an array of cult classic models and one of the first ranges to use microchip technology. George Cook from Kelso owns a superb example of a 3070 – Bob Weir went along to take a look.