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Practical Farm Ideas
SPRING 2008


48 pages.

 All editorial- no advertising


*  64 practically based farming articles   
*  48 "Made it Myself' features      
*  All colour photos   
*  Issue price - only £3.45

Content breakdown:
  
General Farming - 24 articles;
   
Arable farming - 10 articles
  
Livestock farming - 17 articles;  
  
Financial and management - 13 articles

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¶ = MADE IT MYSELF FEATURE


 

FOR ALL FARMERS
Old tyres get more punctures
Tractor rear weight is adjustable ¶
Tractor seats get new covers to prolong life ¶
Simple service ramp may be better in 3rd world¶
Artic trailer conversion scores top marks¶
Loader adaptor plates keep implements working¶
Reeler handles drainage pipe and irrigation hose¶
Bale spike fits to loader adaptor plate¶
Seating a large tubeless tyre needs a ratchet strap¶
Making stakes removable¶
Nissan pick-up top lifts with struts, locks¶
Fixing a drawbar to an artic chassis¶    
Ring on gate-post is tractor-friendly¶    
Farm gate opens, closes, using radio and solar power¶
Professional outdoor bale stacking and sheeting
Sealed bearings get new lease of life
Conventional bale sledge dismantles in 60 secs¶
Tractor steps adapted to be mud free and safer¶
Ford 7700 PTO lever replaced with MF gear cable¶
Ford hydraulic cover removing tool¶
Drill press works upwards for ceiling work¶
Ball hitch for tractor tows trailer at correct level¶    
Refurbed hedge trimmers stronger than new¶
Tipping trailers have novel chassis layout¶

GRAIN AND ARABLE
Dumper trailer converts to grain¶
Roll-over sheet is closed with dog lead¶
One-pass four section cultivator top light land tool¶
Bale stacker has high strength ideas¶   
Grain pusher piles corn to 25 - 30ft¶   
Shakerator roller has hydraulic on-the-go adjuster¶
Demountable lime spreader has wide trailer for slopes¶
Flat 8 grab built with novel lube system¶
4m dutch harrow with on-the-move leveller¶
Front press steers, takes full tractor weight¶


FINANCIAL & MANAGEMENT
A farming background to the world food crisis
Hydro-electric plant generates £1/4m¶
B E trailer exam tips   
Canadian milk quota looks over-heated
Do meaningless slogans create the right image?
Property taxes extended to unused buildings
Rebel with a cause - the biography of Mark Purdey
Checking out plugs and leads
Free trade increases market instability
Things that are usefull around the workshop
Bee health problems affect farming too
Switch-grass is another bio feedstock
Farming in an economic storm

LIVESTOCK
Additive tank on baler is better than front of tractor¶
Silage bales store better on tyres¶
Creep feeder gets added cattle control¶
Cow back scratcher has fly control feature¶   
Slurry tanker has unique pump that also stirs pit¶
Silage trailer has low cost flexible door¶
Lamb feeder is made as school project¶
Gas bottles make good feed troughs - with care!¶
Cow brush uses road sweeper bristles - and PIR switch¶
Small water trough is easy to clean¶
Cubicle repairs
Lamb creep feeder made using scrap tank¶
Calf weaning tips from feeder manufacturer
Spare grass silage in continental mound
Claas self prop forager gets hi capacity puh¶
Cattle keep clean on rape straw
Crush has anti-kick mechanism for belly clipping¶

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