Tractors, Tools & Traditions Part 1

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.

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

• Running time 70 mins
• PAL DVD