Tractors, Tools & Traditions 2 DVD Set

DVD PAL

Tractors, Tools and Traditions Part
1

Trevor Kerfoot is an enthusiast for the
farming of days gone by. He still uses
vintage tractors and tools, as well as
following the traditions of how to live
and work on the land. This two DVD set
has been 3 years in the making and
follows Trevor and some of his friends
through the year as they work a
‘yesteryear farm’.

In this first DVD we join him in the
spring and early summer as he uses
Fordson and other vintage and early
classic tractors and implements to
prepare the land, then to drill barley,
oats and fodder beet. Crewyard muck is
cleared, moved and spread onto the land.
Feed for his cattle, sheep and pigs is
prepared using his own belt-driven mill
and root cutters. Hay is cut with finger
and drum mowers and finished with a
tedder and spider wheels. Cereal harvest
begins with a near-century old Binder
cutting the oats while men stook the
sheaves behind it. For his own use, we
watch the process of making butter by
hand from the milk of his own cows. A
look at a busy time on a farm as the
effects of the change from man and horse
power to machine working was making a
big difference.

Tractors, Tools and Traditions Part
2

This second DVD rounds off the year from
the end of summer to the winter jobs
that prepare the farm for the spring
work we saw in part one. Another binder,
preparing sheaves to feed into a
threshing drum, and a Ransomes combine
continue the grain harvest, while an old
International baler takes up the straw
for livestock feed and bedding. Fodder
beet and potatoes are lifted, and more
land is treated with muck and worked
with assorted cultivation gear including
a mole plough. Trevor’s pigs, cattle,
sheep and poultry feature strongly,
including a sequence on Christmas geese
and ‘putting the pig away’ for meat for
the family. Trevor’s enthusiasm for
early mechanisation and his ability to
keep them working on the farm makes
these DVDs real gems for all machinery
and agricultural fans. Truly a glimpse
back at what life was like when
mechanisation was taking over on the
farm.

Running time approx 70 minutes each
Colour, UK PAL DVD
Aspect ratio 16:9
Written and narrated by Alan Stennett

• Running time approximately 70 mins each DVD
• PAL DVD