SOME of the 278 items examined in Europe’s first audit of farm machinery, which was conducted in County Clare, were of significant historical importance.

AT a time of large-scale use of pesticides in gardens, it’s strange that one of nature’s great pest controllers is coming under threat from such chemicals.

EUROPE’S first ever large-scale audit of farm machinery is being undertaken in Co Clare. It aims to document unpro-tected early agricultural machinery and to establish a strategy for their conservation.