MJB1 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 just flicking through CT & read that oliver walston has set his farming diary back dated to 1978 ! i can remember watching the series that followed him on the TV so i thought i'd have a look the pics are good as are the anual reports , especialy the machinery section , so if you want to see what goes on in a farmers head , have a look see , it's rather quite good http://www.thriplow-farms.co.uk/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john-deere-fan Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Hello. Nice pics. :) Ferd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 i had a look on there fella you can see how things have changed when you look at 1974 and then look at today i thought it was good reading i like you mjb can remember him on televison in the sventies bl44dy hell that seems only yesterday :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 This is brilliant this bit... We replaced four Deutz tractors early in the year and were surprised to find that both Ford and Deutz prices were both substantially higher than those of John Deere. Thus we bought four 4 wheel drive John Deere 3140s which have proved satisfactory, except for a rather alarming tendency for the rear wheels to fall off! Other new machines included the Claas Dominator 116CS, an 8 metre Roger XR pneumatic drill from France, a Moreau AT64 six row self-p ropelled beet harvester and a Sanderson 247 Teleporter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 cheers Marcus!, farm near myself they should have got Masseys shouldnt they Marky :D i think SPN put this link up last month as well, i cant remember the topic though \ \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 I think they bought thier kit from Weatherheads.. well.... what little Massey stuff they did buy.... Cracking read though... spent quite some time reading them... thanks for posting... very entertaining read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwain Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 good pics of the farm working. nice lot of farm machinery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted February 3, 2007 Author Share Posted February 3, 2007 cheers Marcus!, farm near myself they should have got Masseys shouldnt they Marky :D i think SPN put this link up last month as well, i cant remember the topic though \ \ yes but if you read further ben you'll see they swapped 2 masseys for 1 deere \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Oliver Walston has published [url=http://www.thriplow-farms.co.uk/annual/2007.htm]his diary for 2007. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Oliver Walston has published [url=http://www.thriplow-farms.co.uk/annual/2007.htm]his diary for 2007. Interesting read Stan, I remember when you first sent me a link to the site which must be a couple of years ago now \ and I spent the best part of an entire evening reading all the company accounts from day one to the most recent, there were some interesting changes over the 35 years or so it covered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Oliver Walston has published [url=http://www.thriplow-farms.co.uk/annual/2007.htm]his diary for 2007. Thanks Stan - very interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 diary ? should be called ollivers rollercoaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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