This is so Nice, too see howe it was so many years ago . A beafutiful fordson majoor, so Nice. The farmer is working hard every day,but he can do it. The claase combine is very Nice. This film is beautyfull, thank you so much ,i love it. Back in these years.
This was still in the day when farm subsidies were available, even as far as land drainage etc, at the the end of day, fair days pay for a fair day’s work with not having to worry too much about the future unlike today!
Ah! the days of the Agricultural Wages Board. I was a hortic. apprentice in 74/75 and I seem to remember sometime around then the NUAAW's 'square deal' campaign of £100 for 40 hours work. Needless to say we never got it.
Interesting to see the size of the tractors; I remember a Ford 5000 around that time as being a big machine. Out here on the Lincolnshire fens all the tractors seem huge now, is there a "yard tractor" today? We had an old Ford 2000 (probably wasn't so old) that was used for all manner of jobs - it would sit on the bonnet of the big JDs I see.
There are 4 video's of the farm through the seasons, plus 1 called The Harvest. All on youtube. It was filmed on 8mm, which is far more expensive than video tape. Therefore the footage is limited.🥩
