Description

Stories in this issue: 

• Restoring an IH Walking Cultivator: Pete Cecil provides tep-by-step description of restoring a 14-tine walking cultivator
• Choctaw Hogs Endangered: With only 100 Choctaw hogs left in the world, the American Livestock Breeds Concervancy is starting a conservation breed herd. This hog, native to Oklahoma, was a source of food for Choctaw Indians as well as Oklahomans during the Great Depression
• A Tribute to “Those Trees”: Horselogger Taylor Johnson shares his love for his profession as well as the trees he harvested by telling us about the lives of some of the 87-year-old pines he harvested at a home in Wisconsin
• Open Pollinated Corn: Bethany Caskey gives an explanation of open pollination, inbred, hybrid and GMO corn. The history, advantages and disadvantages of these seeds, as well as their effect on organic corn.
• Harness Understood: With Jenifer Morrissey, Doc Hammill takes a look at harness in many forms and teaches us through evaluating history, photos, drawings and interviewing harness experts. Thinking of how the load is placed on the horse helps to undertand the comfort level of the horse.
• The Echo in the Forest: Ralph Rice reports on the “Loving Land through Working Forest Conference 2013,” which left him with a new understanding of the difference sustainable forestry can make over mechanical harvesting.
• Local Honey and Allergies: Bethany Caskey considers the scientific and andecdotal information so you can decide whether this is a myth or something to consider
• “Surewood” Forest: Ralph Rice takes on a new project for a friend. He will be managing this woodlot for the next 10 years. We learn about the land, the trees and his plans to make this a wonderful place to visit as well as a profitable venture for the owner.
• Harrowing with a Pony: Eddie McDonough needed equipment for his 13.2 hh Haflinger, and he shows Jenifer Morrissey what he found and how well it works.
• Save Feed with a Nose Bag: Pete Cecil explains the benefits of nose bags for horses.
• Fencerow Habitat: Hazel Freeman explains the importance of fencerows to wildlife, soil stabilization and, especially, pollinators. Information on the types of vegetation that makes a beneficial fencerow and how to enhance existing ones.
• Cow-Tipping and Other Myths:  Philip Henderson examines this persistent story and why it is probably a myth.
• Cooking with Lard: Cook with the help of the book “Lard.” How to render lard and some of its uses. Recipes for Homemade Flour Tortillas, Zucchini Patties and Amish Oatmeal Cookies.
• The Sugarbush Horse: Bethany Caskey describes what you get when you cross an Appaloosa with a draft horse? Learn about the breeding of these animals done by Everett Smith.