BC Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Ransome ploughs and Bamfords machines and engines Alfa - Laval and Fordson major Somerset Farm Machinery and King Pneumatic grain conveyor Quasi- Arc - arc welding and Esso tractor vapourising oil John Bull Baler band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Well thats it from me for today on these two books that I must go and read now i've looked at the pictures ;D I think I managed to miss this one out A rake type of swath turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi6920 Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Nice to see all these old books bc , thanks for shareing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Glad you enjoyed... you never know if its a bad weekend weatherwise I may well have a look at the others in the boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 Next book up is Principals of Farm Machinery by ( Kepner / bainer & Barger ) A rear mounted separated gang cultivator (IHC) Front mounted separated gang cultivator on a John Deere follewd by a rear mounted cultivator tool bar The loading cycle for an automatic bale wagon ( New Holland division of Sperry Rand Corp) Arrangement for a mechanical cotton picker (IHC) Two row potato harvester ( John Bean Div FMC Corp) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 Hillside green pea combine Next book Farm Machinery Operation and Care by J.C. Turner Three point linkage ( Ford Motor Co Ltd) Retractable wheel strakes ( Stanhay Ashford Limited) Rear Wheel girdles (MF) and cage Wheels ( Catchpole Engineering ) Four furrow C Type Plough ( DB tractors ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 Mounted reversible Plough ( IHC GB ) Power driven rotary cultivator ( Howard ) and Ground driven rotary cultivator ( DB ) Rigid tine cultivator ( M F ) and Spring tine cultivator ( Martin Markham Ltd ) Pitchpole harrow ( John Wilder Ltd ) and Frame harrow ( MF Ltd ) Land leveler ( Rubery Owen & Co Ltd ) Disc Coulter / Suffolk coulter ( MF Ltd ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 Finger wheel swathe turner ( Bamfords Limited ) Haymaker set for swathe turning ( Nicholson's Ltd ) and Finger wheeled side delivery rake ( Bamfords) Haymaker set for side delivery ( Nicholson's Ltd ) Mounted ground crop sprayer ( Ransome's Simms & Jefferies Limited ) Roll Type pick up baler ( Allis Chalmers (GB) Ltd ) Manually assisted potato planter ( Johnson Engineering Limited ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 Direct action potato spinner ( E.H. Bentall & Co Ltd ) Elevator potato digger ( F.A. Standen ) & Vertical link potato digger ( Ransomes ) Down the row thinner ( S.K.H and son Ltd ) Sugar beet harvester ( F.A. Standen ) "Oppel" wheel type beet lifter ( Catchpole Engineering ) Next up KNOW YOUR TRACTOR - A Shell guide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 Fowler crawlwer and 4 furrow trailing plough Massey Harris tractor and plough and a Water Buffalo Spraying soil with Aldrex a Shell product and Disc harrowing with a Nuffield Ferguson & 3 row ridger in tatties and a Fordson harvesting in Lucerne Ferguson and mounted mower cutting grass and Ferguson and 30cwt trailer International crawler in the Rift Valley Kenya and an E27N ploughing in Cyprus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 Threshing in Kale near Overton Wiltshire Gound drive 1 - pneumatic and ground drive 2 Wheel girdles Ground drive 3 - Steel wheels and ground drive 4 Half tracks and ground drive 5 Rubber roadless tracks Conventional full tracks on an Allis Chalmers Row crop adjustment on an MH and RC adjustment on a Fordson Vickers crawler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 A marshland tractor ( Albion Cuthbertson) Two 95hp diesel crawlers and ditcher and Ford with front end loader and grab David brown 3 point linkage Distant acting ram and Ferguson adjustable fixed drawbar Swinging drawbar on an International crawler Ploughing in West Africa and Rice cultivation in British Guiana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGEL FORD Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 The CLAUDE CULPIN books were regularly updated over a few decades.We had several editions at Plumpton College [East Sx,College of Agriculture] in the early '70s and I picked up one at a swapmeet some years ago,10th Edition 1981. First edition 1938 and then randomly.....no time to read them though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi6920 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Some cracking old girls in there willam, im loving these old books, was there much info on the alis roto baler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 The CLAUDE CULPIN books were regularly updated over a few decades.We had several editions at Plumpton College [East Sx,College of Agriculture] in the early '70s and I picked up one at a swapmeet some years ago,10th Edition 1981. First edition 1938 and then randomly.....no time to read them though.... They make a cracking read Nigel but I know time can be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 Some cracking old girls in there willam, im loving these old books, was there much info on the alis roto baler? Glad you like them nick they are interesting reading. I'll check tonight on what all it said about the allis roto baler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Hey BC as above some lovely books, I have a few similar ones, they make interesting reading. Oh, you have the spud spinner picture upside down Have you seen the old pond videos of Farm Machinery Film Records? some of the items here can be seen operating, makes good viewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Great pics Bill :D I remember using one of the "ground driven rotary cultivators" and I think it was also called a Turbotiller, it did an OK sort of job on the surface but didn't do much underneath \ \ \ robbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 Some cracking old girls in there willam, im loving these old books, was there much info on the alis roto baler? Nick I've e-mail you three photos. Let me know if you can read the writing or not. I can scan the pages tomorrow if that's better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 Hey BC as above some lovely books, I have a few similar ones, they make interesting reading. Oh, you have the spud spinner picture upside down Have you seen the old pond videos of Farm Machinery Film Records? some of the items here can be seen operating, makes good viewing. Yes they are an interesting read super6. Oh yes that picture is upsides down... well spotted now go stand on your head to view it properly ;D No I haven't seen the old pond videos but I will look out for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 Great pics Bill :D I remember using one of the "ground driven rotary cultivators" and I think it was also called a Turbotiller, it did an OK sort of job on the surface but didn't do much underneath \ \ \ robbo Glad you enjoyed Mike. There are loads more to come as long as people are intersted in this old stuff and not getting bored with it ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 A Shell tanker on the highway from Cape Town to Hout Bay Rice fuel and maintenace trailer MH & manure spreader and ploughing with a reversible Corn field near Ivy Bridge Devon... WOOPS sorry upside down again... will fix later An Essex scene Another booklet this time FARM CALCULATIONS by GRAHAM BOATFIELD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 Some farm calculations but thats enough on numbers ;D Another booklet FARM MACHINERY - by BRIAN J BELL - all words and no pictures FARM PLANNING BY MICHAEL HOSKIN FARM ACCOUNTS BY FRANK LAWN - I'm not gonna read this one be like having a bus mans holiday ;D Dealing with receipts and payments FARM WORKSHOPS by BRIAN J BELL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 Rural Science Series CARE OF LIVESTOCK - "THE STOCKMAN" by P BUCKLER KENT FRUIT & HOP FARM and SHROPSHIRE REARING FARM WELSH SMALL MIXED FARM and YORKSHIRE LARGE MIXED FARM DAIRY FARMING YOUNG FARMERS BOOKLET NO.33 - BEEF CATTLE TYPES OF BEEF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 COURTS & BYRE YOUNG FARMERS BOOKLET NO.26 - MARKETING MARKET CROSS AT CASTLE COMBE WILTSHIRE MARLBOROUGH WILTSHIRE COLLECTING AND TRANSPORTING MILK SCANNING AND GRADING EGGS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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