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Old Pond Publishing Ltd are publishers of DVDs and books for enthusiasts in the land-based industries: farmers and smallholders, workers in the earthmoving, forestry and heavy transport occupations. We deal with current activities and machinery as well as the history of the industries. We are based in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK.

You will find books and DVDs on the following subjects: archive film footage, cattle, combine harvesting, farm cookery, demolition, earthmoving, East Anglia, farm machinery, forestry, goat-keeping, working horses, farming pocket books, Land girls, rural history, model tractors, farming novels, old photography, plant names, ploughing, poultry and ducks, practical farming, sea and rivers, sheep and lambing, sheepdogs and gundogs, steam traction engines, tractors, trucking and heavy loads. Click on the links at the side of every page to browse our current range of titles.

Recent Publications
	Massey Ferguson Farm Implements and Machinery Part 1 1958-70 : George French and Dennis Burston In the period 1958-70 Massey Ferguson developed an outstanding range of implements and machinery that worked as a team with an equally fine succession of tractors. The farmer and contractor could be sure to find in the dealerships the mechanical aids that were just right for their circumstances. ...more
	Volvo F88 & F89 at Work Second Edition : Patrick W Dyer This second edition of Patrick Dyer's book includes virtually all the photographs that were in the original publication and also contains 50 additional shots, many from the Volvo company archive. ...more
	Massey Ferguson's Thinking Tractors Part One - Dawn of the Electronic Revolution - Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam From Tractor Barn, the first DVD in a 4-part set covering the Massey Ferguson 3000 series from its birth in 1986 to the range's replacement in 1994. ...more
	Massey Ferguson's Thinking Tractors Part Two - A New Power (DVD) - Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam Having, in Part One of this 4-volume set, dealt with the development and launch of the 3000 series, Jonathan and Stephen now take the story forward with modifications to the 3000 range followed by the bigger 3600...more
	Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers Series 1 - Princess Productions The distinctive Eddie Stobart trucking brand has transferred well to television. The first series from Channel Five had seven episodes, including a Christmas Special. The series is complete here.. ...more
	Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers Series 2 - Princess Productions In the second television series the boys and girls in black and green continue their high-pressure days getting the goods in on time. More nightmares: a crash on the M1; a runaway bull; country lanes in Ireland; a hunt for a liquid natural gas station; and will driver Fiona keep her nails perfectly manicured? ...more
	Ron Creasey: last of the horselads - William Castle This is the story of East Yorkshireman Ron Creasey, one of the last farm horsemen to find work at a hiring fair in 1946. He was just seventeen ...more
	Farm Office Handbook - Institute of Agricultural Secretaries and Administrators Farm Office Handbook is a practical reference source for anyone involved in farm administration, from someone tackling farm paperwork for the first time to experienced staff seeking to improve their skills.....more
	Ford Transcontinental at Work - Patrick W Dyer The Transcontinental was an audacious attempt by Ford to challenge the best heavy truck producers in Europe. Developed by a dedicated team of designers, based in Essex, England, the truck was a masterpiece of proprietary component engineering....more
	Looking at Logging Part 2: Pete Connock & Martin Phippard (CP Productions) This two-hour programme kicks off in Sweden where the CP Productions team spends a day in the company of Michael Kvarforth and his stunning Scania R620 truck-trailer combination. Many of Sweden's logging trucks are well turned out but the Kvarforth Scania is simply stunning to look at and listen to! ...more
	Decade of Evolution: the Story of the Ford Series 10 Tractors. Part One 1981-1984 - Stephen Richmond & Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn) Between 1981 and 1991 the Ford Motor Company produced one of its most successful tractor ranges ever – the Series 10. The Tractor Barn film-makers have produced a pair of DVDs to celebrate this range....more
	Decade of Evolution: the Story of the Ford Series 10 Tractors. Part Two 1985-1991 - Stephen Richmond & Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn) In Part Two, presenter Stephen Richmond picks up the story in 1985 with the launch of the Force II range and all the developments that came with it. The Super Q cab took the range to new heights of modernity and operator comfort, and the range later expanded to take in the new 7810 model. ...more
	Special Transport - Gertjan Houtman Dutch transport companies have a world-wide reputation for moving heavy and outsized loads. This programme features the work of three specialists - Sarens, Mammoet and Saan ...more
	Agriculture in Germany Volume 1 - Jörn and Tammo Gläser Volume 1 starts in early in a wet spring when soft ground makes cultivation difficult. Agricultural contractors are drilling beet and planting potatoes. Soil preparation for spring cereals is in full swing....more
	Agriculture in Germany Volume 2 - Jörn and Tammo Gläser In Volume 2 it is early summer with New Holland and Claas forage harvesters taking first cuts of grass. Large-scale Krone combines are at work, and the highlights of the programme include the 524 hp Claas Xerion 5000 and the Agco Challenger. ...more
	Agriculture in Germany Volume 3 - Jörn and Tammo Gläser In Volume 3, combines with cutterbars up to 12 metres are busy harvesting, followed by balers and large John Deere articulated tractors dealing with the stubble. Film from Bavaria deals with grassland and we see forestry machines at work in Hesse.....more
	Agriculture in Germany Volume 4 - Jörn and Tammo Gläser Machines at work in Volume 4 - the autumn - include the Krone BigX 1100 and Fendt's new Kantana 65 forage harvester as well as the Claas Lexion 770 and Case IH Quadtrac. Winter cereals are being drilled, while sugar beet is harvested and loaded....more
	Agriculture in Germany boxed set - Jörn and Tammo Gläser Agriculture in Germany boxed set of four DVDs. ...more
	Honey: a Beekeeper's Guide - William Smith A unique DVD for beekeepers, devoted entirely to honey. ...more
	The Classic Tractor Review - Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn) Classic tractors belong to the golden years when manufacturers competed keenly to keep pace with advances in agricultural equipment and machinery. At the same time, tractors became more stylish and comfortable – a pleasure to work with....more
	A New Introduction to Beekeeping - Paul Metcalf This revised edition of Paul Metcalf's best-selling guide to beekeeping takes us through the beekeeping year from April to the onset of winter. ...more
	The Maize Silage Campaign - Chris Lockwood In his twenty-one years of maize harvesting, Suffolk contractor Robert Self has seen all sorts of seasons from the very dry to the impossibly wet. Film-maker Chris Lockwood captured the vagaries of Robert's final campaign, 2008. ...more
	Roadscapes II: Landscapes of the Road : Alan Spillett Artist Alan Spillett's paintings of lorries have mostly been commissions from people who wanted a particular vehicle depicted for a personal connection. His scenes range from the days of the horse-drawn carriage to the trucks that thunder up and down our roads today. ...more

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