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Features:

• Let’s Party!: by John Lasso. A plowing party in Northwest Pennsylvania celebrates it”s 25th gathering.
• A Reader Asks About A Hoosier Corn Planter: by Sam Moore. A history lesson on the Hoosier corn planter and information on parts books and catalogs
• Build a Better Baler: by Todd Wrightston. A project to modify a NH 273 baler.
• Karbaumer Farm: Horsepowered Organics: by Bethany Caskey. Klause Karbaumer, of northwestern Missouri operates a CSA with the help of horsepower.
• Restoring a John Deere Grain Elevator: by Linda Henderson. Plenty of pictures help illustrate the story of how a group of volunteers restored a 1940s era John Deere grain elevator for the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum.
• Blacksmithing is Back: by Dotty Harris Zazworsky. Members of Boy Scout Troop 525 build a blacksmith shop for the William Harris Homestead in Walton County, Georgia.
• Dowsing for Water: by Bethany Caskey. A look at possible explanations for and methods of dowsing.
• Walt Curlee: by Bethany Caskey. Freelance artists Walt Curlee has built a successful career and now captures rural life with his oil on canvas paintings.
• Oxen-Powered Haymaking: Rob Collins shares his method for using oxen to help make hay and, thus, supply their own feed.
• Reflections: Not So Mini: Ralph Rice’s trials and tribulations with his son’s mini horse.
• An English Girl’s Amish Childhood: Growing up in an old order Mennonite community near Scottsvilee, Ky., yielded many fond memories for Ashley Arnold.
• Working with a Single Ox: by Anna Knapp-Peck. With a custom-made single yoke, a family learns to use a single ox around their farm.
• Working an Ox with a 3-Pad Collar: A job offer to use her single ox for a movie prompts Anna Knapp-Peck to try out a harness big enough for her 2,000 pound ox.
• Gardening in Structured Beds: by Gail Damerow. Making an argument for using structured beds.
• Building a Soil Sifter: by Gail Damerow. Simple instructions for building a soil sifter.
• Making a Case for a Single Horse: Taylor Johnson often uses a single horse in his logging business.
• Hitching Three: Creating a Non-Event: by Jenifer Morrissey. Doc Hammill takes a step-by-step approach to making sure hitching horses three-abreast goes smoothly.
• Silo Filling Day: by Ronnie Hartman. Friends gather with their teams to prepare corn for ensilage and celebrate community and heritage.
• So Long Summer: by Chris Arnold. The Arnolds, of Grimsley, Tenn., wrap up their growing year with their market garden and start making plans for next year.
• The Wisdom of Cattle – What is an Ox: by Philip Henderson. An overview of the history of, use of and local customs surrounding oxen.