Bundle - Ferguson on the Farm Parts 1-3
BUNDLE ALL THREE PARTS Re-released on DVD
Harry Ferguson’s system of farm mechanisation is brought to life here by a wide range of implements filmed at work. Beginning with spring cultivations and potato planting, the programmme covers weed control in potatoes and kale, hay and silage-making, hedge-trimming and general farm tasks such as post-hole boring and milk churn transport. It concludes with potato lifting, leaving a companion programme to look at other autumn and winter activities.
Ferguson provided a complete system of mechanisation and we see many of the rarer implements in action, including the sub soiler, rowcrop thinner, crane, dump skip, winch, corwood saw and hammer mill. Muck-spreading and bale loading sequences show all the different Ferguson trailers and loaders, illustrating just how extensive the range had become by the 1950s.
Going on through the year, we see Harold at work with an M-F 770 Heavy-Duty Spike-Tooth harrow, a 32-7 unit seeder, an M-F 37-7 hay conditioner and a 732 mower. Some eighteen different sequences show a variety of machines in action from an M-F 203 digger-loader to unusual ploughs. Highlights include an M-F 711 potato harvester lifting the crop we saw planted earlier.
- Running time approx 60 minutes each
- Colour UK PAL DVD
- Aspect ratio 4:3
- Written by Stuart Gibbard
- Originally released in 2001/2002/2004
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