Description
Stories in this issue:
- Eight Trips to Hell & Back: Jay Fisher describes how he and his wife used their Percherons, Moose and Killian, to remove sections of a bridge from the Hell Brook are of the southern Green Mountains near Bennington, VT.
- Five Minutes with…Larry Cooper: Larry Cooper, blacksmith and member of the Midwest Ox Drovers Association, is profiled.
- Trellising Tomatoes: T.W. Scoggin describes how he trellises tomatoes in order make it easier to reach the tomatoes without damaging the vines and less likely they will split.
- Equine Powered Watercraft: Jenifer Morrissey takes a look back at ferries once powered by equines.
- Horse Club Celebrates Our Heritage: Susie Saldlon relates the history and current activities of the DeKalb County (Ind.) Horseman’s Association
- Tunnelling Tips: Stephen Leslie describes how he uses a heated propagation tunnel and two high tunnels to extend the growing season on his Vermont market garden.
- A Man and His Mustangs: Hazel Freeman profiles Dayton Hyde, WW II veteran, naturalist, photographer, cowboy and more, has created a sanctuary for wild horses in the Black Hills near Hot Springs, S.D.
- Definitive Words: ason Rutledge explains why he chooses his words carefully when describing his work as a “biological woodsman” for the Healing Harvest Forest Foundation.
- DIY Hay Rake: Rob Collins provides a step-by-step guide to constructing your own hay rake.
- Barring Off Corn Part 3: Terry Scoggins explains, in detail with many photos, “barring-off.” This method of preparing and planting your field was passed down to him by a friend who has been farming since the ’20s and ’30s.
- Around the Midwest in 1899: Jenifer Morrissey gives an account of the her great-great grandparents and their trip around the Midwest in 1899.
- 2016 DAPNet Gathering: provides Beth Hallissey an account of the Draft Animal Power Network’s gathering in Charlestown, NH.
