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Stories in this issue;

• Antique Wheels in Motion: by Valerie Kirkwood. Antique Wheels in Motion Harvest Days, Roebuck, Ontario, featured demonstrated horsedrawn equipment, flywheel type tractors and steam engines
• Hitching Three: Adjustments for Success: by Jenifer Morrissey. Doc Hammill discusses three types of line arrangements, line adjustments, drop rings, eveners, and teamster adjustments when hitching three horses
• The Good Life on Rainbow Hill Farm: by Rex Owens. Dennis and Sue Mengeling manage their 130-acre farm in rural Wisconsin
• Designing the Right Stall: by Vicki Schmidt. Factors to consider when building or remodeling a barn … box stalls vs. straight stalls.
• Make the Most of Your Tools:  Logger Taylor Johson offers advice on evaluating when tools are needed, and, then, what tool is best for the job.
• Gene Matras: by Bethany Caskey. Artist Gene Matras captures rural life in pen and ink drawings
• Early Foal Training: by Jenifer Morrissey. The value of working with foals during the first week of life, without working too closely.
• Stallion Belts: by Judy Brodland. Using a stallion belt (or stallion roller or stallion harness) to control and collect a stallion for presentation
• The Homesteader: by Joe Mischka. An overview of Pioneer Equipment’s “Homesteader,” designed for the hobby farmer, who doesn’t need a large dedicated impement for plowing, cultivating or discing
• Round Bale Hog Huts: by Ralph Rice.  Bales of straw or low-quality hay can serve as shelters for pastured pigs
• The Horses of Mackinac Island: by Patti Jo Walker. Horses take the place of motorized vehicles on this Michigan island
• Barrels of Fun: by Ralph Rice. Making use of industrial sized plastic barrels to make pig feeders
• Dad, Can I Have a Pony?: Vicki Schmidt reflects on the day her father bought her a pony, and all the lessons it taught her
• 2011 International Plowing Match: by Valerie Kirkwood. The International Plowing match, held near Chut-a-Blondeau, Ontario, marks teh 100th Anniversary of the Ontario Plowmen’s Assocation
• A New Version of an Old Favorite: by Joe Mischka. Farmer Brown’s Plow Shop ressurects the cultivator-wheel hoe
• Winterize Your Stock Tank: by Pete Cecil. Making your stock tank more effecient
• Ox Cart Restoration: by Philip Henderson. Volunteers at the Centennial Farm at the Orange County Fair, restore an old Studebaker ox cart. Includes working drawings for the cart design
• Getting Ready for the Farrier: by Pete Cecil. Ways to prepare for, and make a farrier’s visit more efficient