Seventh World Ploughing Championship 1959

This is a Clachan reproduction of the original handbook of the Seventh World Ploughing Championship 1959 held in Armoy, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. It contains the names and function of the local and international organisers and participants, as well as the rulebooks and other procedures which governed the event. It also contains a number of articles about ploughing in various countries, including Ireland and India. The publication is replete with the original advertisements relating to tractors, ploughing machinery and the sponsors of the event. It is of great interest to those immediately connected to the event as well as those interested in the history of ploughing and the agricultural methods and machinery of sixty years ago.