Author: Philip M Hosken
Publisher: Farm Industries Ltd.
ISBN 978-1-838089917
Format: 326 pages, illustrations (some coloured), tables.
Description:  “After sellings its flour milling and name to Spillers in 1936, the HTP Company became Farm Industries Ltd. It continued to cultivate its agricultural  interests and process wool in Tavistock. Agriculture was emerging from its horse-power and self-contained feudal background to depend upon merchants for the supply of tractors and agricultural materials.

Although Farm Industries was Cornwall’s first major merchant, it soon faced competition from traders who specialised in portions of the agricultural industry.

These pages also tell the stories of Cornwall Farmers Ltd, Dick Rilstone, Norman Summers and many of the company’s former apprecntices who successfully traded against it.

There are accounts of Truro as a busy shipping port and of HTP Motors Ltd, the finest motor garage in Cornwall. They are told alongside the repair of Spitfires during the Second World War, the company’s management by a Spitfire Ace and its connection to the exciting ‘Spitfire’ Annie.

This book provides proud and exciting stories of Cornish personnel and their endeavours that are not told elsewhere. ” (Blurb)