| John
Farnworth is a farmer's son and was born on a farm on the
outskirts of Manchester. It was very near the Massey-Harris
factory and they used to send the new equipment from
North America for testing on his grandfather's farm for a
year before it was put on the British market. Hence he
grew up in a farmyard full of Massey-Harris equipment in
the post war years. This was the start of John's
affection for the Massey family of equipment. The family
went on to use Ferguson and Massey-Ferguson just as
extensively as they had the old Massey-Harris equipment. Whilst at
university he started to collect Massey-Harris tractors
before embarking on a a career overseas in agricultural
research, development and consultancy. When running
overseas projects he always used Massey-Ferguson
equipment wherever possible and gained much experience of
their use in harsh Middle-Eastern conditions.
In
recent years, John has knuckled down to the serious
business of compiling detailed but highly readable, well
illustrated and informative books on the whole history of
Massey-Ferguson, the predecessor companies and the range
of equipment which has been produced and marketed by them.
To date he has published EIGHT substantial books and has another TWO in
publishers hands for
publication at a later date. Needless to say, he has
others planned!
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