Old Pond publishing days

Four new DVDs from Classic Tractor Fever

An American producer with tractors on the brain. The programmes are in magazine format, well-presented and with lots of interviews.

We have distribution rights in the UK and elsewhere outside North America. These DVDs are now in stock.

The American Tractor 1900-2000. Looks at key American models to show 20th century development from a 1913 Rumely Oil-Pull and 1917 IH Titan to a 1996 Caterpillar. More ...

Awesome Plus: the story of the biggest tractor ever built. This is perhaps the most detailed account on DVD of just a single tractor. But it is a special machine: the Big Bud 16V-747 built in 1977. More ...

Johnny Popper People. An homage to the two-cylinder range of John Deere from 1935-6 D, BO and B to a 1956 420 Hi-Crop. More ...

Red Power 4 All Seasons. A feast of tractors for International Harvester enthusiasts from a Regular and Titan from the 1920s to a 1961 560 Orchard. More ...

Five new DVDs from Rural Heritage magazine

Based in Tennessee, America, Rural Heritage magazine is dedicated to preserving the use of horses, mules and oxen as draft animals.

We are distributing five of their titles in the UK and elsewhere outside N. America. They are now in stock.

Brabant Horses: built for work, Karen Gruner. Conformation, features, uses and working of one of the most docile of working horses. Deals with the breed's relationship with the American Belgian.  More ...

Driving Draft Horses, Brandt Ainsworth. Attaching and handling driving lines for comfort and safety, driving with one hand or both, use of line and voice commands, and driving a team or single horse.  More ...

Horse Progress Days 2005. An extensive array of horse-drawn implements is presented with a clear commentary and shown working at the 12th annual Horse Progress Days in Pennsylvania. More ...

Low-Impact Forestry Workshop, The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. Filmed during a workshop teaching sustainable woodland management: laying out trails, building a log brow, harnessing the working animals, felling a tree. Safety and environmental issues emphasised throughout.  More ...

Training Oxen, Tim Huppe and Drew Conroy. Choosing a suitable calf, pre-yoke training, yoking, hitching and working the team. 'Makes you wish you had an ox to hand' as one blurb-writer put it. More ...