Found Practical Farm Ideas at Agricultural College about 20 years ago, I enjoyed reading about the engineering involved in overcoming problems on farms, and improving machinery.
Paul Hughes, Gloucester
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28 - Vol 7 - Issue 4 - Winter 1998
Price £4.00
Potato trailer has variable conveyor speed, artic axles built for fraction of commercial price; Claas harvester mounts on trailer drawbar to make combination machine; trailed fork-lift allows MF135 to handle 1.5t pallets (ingenious); front packer on one-pass seed drill carries front throwing fert spreader; bean divider fits NH combine; crash barriers make quality grain walling; construction tyre yard scraper; auto trailer parking brake; grass aerating results published in Camb Univ Journal of Ag Science; Lister topper modified to work better than new; wheel rims make top workshop heater; building a heavy duty Morse taper pillar drill using a car diff; Financial Focus: farm diversification (essential 'must-read' for all thinking of starting a new farm based enterprise)