[man] Are you ready?
♪ Tractor Ted is asleep in his shed ♪
♪ As the cockerel says "Good morning" ♪
♪ So much to do Farmer Tom and Midge too ♪
♪ Down on the farm exploring ♪
♪ Welcome to the farm with Tractor Ted ♪
[Tractor Ted honking]
♪ Let's go see the farm with Tractor Ted ♪
[Tractor Ted honking]
[man] Let's go!
Hi, I'm Tractor Ted, and I live on a farm.
This is the farmhouse.
And here's Farmer Tom.
-Hello, Farmer Tom. -Hello, Tractor Ted.
Look, that's Midge the dog.
She's very cheeky.
I wonder where they're going.
Let's go and see!
[car beeping]
[narrator] Farmer Tom is silage making today.
Silage is food for the animals in winter.
It's made from grass.
-Hi, Les, alright? -Yeah.
[narrator] Here he is. Look!
Les is here too!
First, Farmer Tom and Les check the grass
to see if it's ready to cut.
The grass is as high as my wheels.
[Midge] I'm going to check the grass too!
[lively music]
[narrator] The grass is so tall, Midge can hardly see over it.
She goes to check the grass in Merlin's field.
[Midge] Merlin, Merlin! Does your grass need cutting?
[Merlin] No, my grass just needs eating by me.
[Merlin chuckles]
Oh, good. The children are here!
-Hello, children. You alright? -[narrator] The children and their mummy arrive,
and Farmer Tom shows them that the grass
is ready to be made into silage.
He's off to get the mower.
[whimsical music]
[chuckles] What are you doing?
[narrator] They're hiding in the grass. What fun!
[chuckles] Where have they gone, Les?
[chuckles] Les can't see me either.
Over there, Les! Behind you!
[narrator] Every time Les turns around, the children hide.
They're having a lot of fun.
Oh, there they are.
I can see you hiding.
Clever Les.
[engine rumbling]
[narrator] Can you hear the tractor coming?
Les takes the children out of the way.
Come on, Midge.
Here comes Farmer Tom.
Farmer Tom, can I watch please?
Of course you can, Tractor Ted, follow the mower but not too close,
and try and keep off the cut grass.
Whoa, I better move out of the way.
[narrator] Farmer Tom moves the mower into position and starts it up.
[engine humming]
[narrator] And cut the grass.
Up and down the field it goes...
and up and down goes Tractor Ted.
Whoa! Not too close to the mower, Ted.
Farmer Tom said not too close and not on the grass.
This is fun!
[narrator] The grass is cut into neat rows.
Once the grass is cut, it has to be raked up.
The long arms are unfolded into position.
They go down very slowly.
When it starts up, the rakes spin around and around.
[lively music]
Wee! Let's all have a go at spinning!
[laughs] This is track-tastic, but I've got to go back to the farm.
What a lot of tractors.
Let's count them.
One, two, three, four tractors. And the forager.
[narrator] Everyone climbs up into their cabs.
[Tractor Ted] Come on, everyone. The grass is all ready to collect.
Off we go!
[engines humming]
All the machines follow Tractor Ted.
[engines humming]
[narrator] Here they come.
Here we are!
[narrator] First into the field
is the red tractor.
And then the blue tractor.
And here is the forager.
It will pick up all the cut grass.
The red tractor drives up next to the forager.
Now the spout can be moved over the trailer.
Can you guess what happens next?
Whoosh! It is blowing all the grass into the trailer.
As the forager drives along, it chops up the grass and blows it out through the spout.
[lively music]
[Tractor Ted] Wow, the forager has filled one trailer already.
[narrator] As soon as one trailer is filled,
another one is ready to take its place.
Once the trailers are full,
they are driven back to the farm.
All the grass will be stored in the silage clamp.
Here it is.
[Tractor Ted] Wait for me!
I wonder what happens next!
[narrator] The tractor reverses back and tips up the trailer.
Whoosh! Out comes all the grass.
[Tractor Ted] Wow, what is that on the front of the tractor?
I'll ask Farmer Tom.
Farmer Tom, what's that on the tractor?
-That's a buck raker. -A buck rake?
[narrator] The buck rake is used to push the grass up
into a bigger and bigger heap.
I wish I had a buck rake, I could push and push.
Oh, Ted, you're not big enough for a buck rake,
but you can help us squash the grass down if you like.
Can I really?
Go on then, before the hip gets too high.
Follow that tractor.
[Tractor Ted beeping]
[narrator] The grass has to be pushed up and squashed down.
Tractor Ted is helping.
[Midge] Hey, Merlin! Merlin!
All the grass has been cut!
There's lots of it!
[Merlin] Good, then they won't need any of mine.
You could share it.
You've got such a lot.
[blows and groans]
[Merlin] Well, if they run out I might.
[Midge] I must get back to Farmer Tom. Bye, Merlin!
[Merlin] Of course I'd share some, I'm not that grumpy.
[narrator] Farmer Tom will make enough silage
to feed the cows all through the winter.
That's the last trailer load done.
[engine humming]
Farmer Tom and Les are finished for the day.
Making silage is tractor-ific!
[Midge] Top dog fun!
[narrator] Farmer Tom says goodbye to Les.
[engine humming]
It's the end of a long day.
Farmer Tom and Midge are back at the farmhouse,
and so is Tractor Ted.
They will have enough silage to feed the cows in the winter.
[Tractor Ted] Now I know how silage is made.
There's always so much to see on the farm. Come back soon! Bye!
[theme music]
[Tractor Ted honking]
♪ Let's go see the farm with Tractor Ted ♪
[Tractor Ted honking]
[man] Let's go!