Rural Heritage Reading Room
Volume 33, Number 3, Spring 2008

RURAL HERITAGE is a bimonthly journal in support of farming and logging with draft horses, mules, and oxen. The Spring issue was mailed to subscribers on May 23, 2008. Below is this issue's annotated Table of Contents, with links to a few samples of the good reading delivered to your door every other month when you subscribe to Rural Heritage. If in your reading you run across a drafty word you don't recognize, consult our online Draft Dictionary.

Table of Contents

~ Departments ~

Feedback
(letters from Rural Heritage readers)

Teamster Tips
A compilation of tips from 30-plus years of Rural
Heritage Magazine
.

Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: Hitching a Sulky Plow
Sam Moore, author of Implements for Farming with Horses & Mules, describes the controls for setting the angle of draft on a variety of sulky plows.

Horse Logic: Patterns
Ron Meredith explains how developing predictable habits can make working with horses more enjoyable and offer better chances of success.

Don Garrett of Douds, Iowa, planting corn with his team of Norwegian Fjords, Buster and Lady, on Larry Robison's Fairfield, Iowa, farm.

Photo by Joe Miischka.

The Wheelwright: Build a Wagon Box I
Wayne Clemm demonstrates in words and pictures how to construct a new wagon box during a renovation project.

Associations
(contacts for breed registries and regional draft clubs)

Calendar of Events
(frequently updated online)

Advertisers in this issue (with links)
(please tell 'em you saw it in Rural Heritage)

Grandma's Kitchen: Jell-O
Gail Damerow describes how Jell-o got its start and offers a variety of recipes for summertime treats.

~ Features ~

The Oberlander Horse
Tim Kaffenbarger provides an introduction to this rare and exceptional breed, renowned for its combinationof strength, versatility and temperament.

The Hunt for Oberlanders
Tim Kaffenbarger relates his experience traveling to Germany and British Columbia to visit with Oberlander horse breeders and eventually bring four of these rare animals to his Byron, Illinois, farm.

Tools for Training Cattle
Experienced drover Bill Speiden explains what you need to have on hand when you start teaching your cattle to drive.

Imprinting the Farm Foal
Donna Kromroy of Albia, Iowa, demonstrates how to develop longterm relationships and desensitize the newborn foal. Photos and story by Bethany Caskey.

God Made the Horse, Man Made the Hardware
Michael Moore tells the story of a team of 15-hand ponies, an old wagon, broken neck yoke, and a lab named Deacon.

Pioneering a Family Business
Ralph Rice explains how horse-drawn implement manufacturer, Pioneer Equipment of Dalton, Ohio, got its start 30 years ago and has grown to become one of the industry's leaders.

Lady Drovers
Lyle Rolfe tells us about an all female class of novice drovers at Garfield Historical Farm in Campton Hills, Illinois.

NAIS Encounters Speed Bumps
Karin Bergener lists some of the was NAIS protestors have made trouble for program proponents and their aims for implementation.

Answering a Call
C. Dale Games describes his experiences in a draft horse workshop at Fair Winds Farm near Battleboro, Vermont.

A Passion for Wagons
Gwen Marshall explains how her parents, Bob and Charlotte Marshall of Shelby, Montana, got started renovating wagons and preserving history.

Cross-Country Drive
Sam Moore introduces us to Lee the Horselogger who is driving his hitch of three Suffolks cross-country.

Starting a Team III: Leading
Dave Feltenberger explains how to make a war bridle teach a horse to lead.

Taking Action
Lynne Howe discusses how she became an anti-NAIS activist and what she has done in Illinois to reveal flaws in the NAIS plan.

A Bundle of Sticks III: How Do You Know What You Own?
Patrick Holscher helps landowners understand what rights they have and what property rights are jeopardized by legal easements, licenses, liens, etc.

Index of Past Issues of Rural Heritage

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05 June 2008