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Stories in this issue:

• Buying and Selling Rural Property During Uncertain Times: by Chris Arnold. A family navigates the sometimes volatile market of country land, and begins to carve out a homestead that could be off the grid and provide for market gardening
• Training for Safety – Using the Inside Rein in Turns: Margaret Beeman and Ona Kiser teach you how to use the inside rein correctly and effectively, so that you can teach your horse how you want him to respond. https://ruralheritage2.com/product/training-for-safety/
• Sweeping Recovery: by Linda Henderson. Restoration of a horse-powered sweep for display at the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum
• Starting a Team XII – Hitching Single: by Dave Feltenberger. After becoming responsive to voice commands and yeilding to pressure from the lines, your horse becomes accostumed to the shafts, learns to turn in the shafts and to pull https://ruralheritage2.com/product/starting-a-team/
• Shoeing & Hoof Care of the Logging Horse: by Gregg Caudill.  Maintaining your horse’s feet for work in the woods, including discussions of: shoeing stocks (twitches); caulks, clips a barium, and snowpads
• Finding the Rain Crow: by Bethany Caskey. How the Yellow-billed Cuckoo came to be known as the Rain Crow
• Healing Wounds at Home: by Jenifer Morrissey.  Dealing with your horse’s first aid needs on your own. Assembling a “vet kit” and the use of Dynamite Specialty Products
• Garnering Support for Mules & Donkeys: Ron Denn explains his affinity for mules and donkeys and how he helped organize the Central Minnesota Donkey and Mule Days
• Fitting A Saddle with a Neoprene Pad: by Vince Mautino. Fitting a 1-inch neoprene pad to a mule, using either a mule barred or horse barred saddle
• The Wisdom of Cattle – An Oxen Team’s Dream: by Philip Henderson. Getting a good performance from your team requires a well-prepared teamster
• Drive Line Safety: by Dave Feltenberger.  What to do if a horse gets his head out in front or outside the normal reach of your checkline and the horse is out of your line control
• Harness Hooks – Getting Organized: by Pete Cecil. The importance of harness hooks and how to make your own by welding and/or forging
• Juliet R. Harrison Photography: by Bethany Caskey. A profile on artist Juliet Harrison, who specializes in photography of draft horses
• Let’s Talk Rusty Iron – Oxen-Powered Freight Trains: by Sam Moore. The use of oxen in wagon trains of the 1800s