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Stories in this issue:

• Goats on the Go: An Ames, Iowa company that rents out its goat herds to eradicate invasive weeds and noxious plants
• The Value of Chores: Upon losing a foal Jenifer Morrissey copes with her grief by reflecting on her daily life and chores and the beauty and importance of her purpose. Without the years of experience with loss on a farm that many generational farmers have, she explainss us how this can be ever comforting.
• Pioneer Logging Cart: The R&D team at Pioneer Equipment tackled some frustrations with their logging cart. The end result – the new and improved cart – includes chain drawbar handles, spring loaded foot pedal and deflectors to prevent tipping.
• Harness Wind Power: Another reprint from our series Farm Knowledge. This one from Volume 3, Farm Implements, Vehicles and Buildings published in 1919. This article goes into great detail on the uses, design and care of windmills with useful diagrams to help in understanding.
• A Few Minutes with Dick Roosenberg: The Founder and retired Director of Tillers International sits down to talk with Rob Collins about his early experiences in the Peace Corps in West Aftica in the 1970’s, the inspirations for creating Tillers and how it all came to be. (First in a series with Mr Roosenberg).
• Ice Harvest Horses: Carol McLernon gives us a quick history of ice harvesting and then elaborates on its practice in the Lake Geneva area of southern Wisconsin in the late 1800’s.
• A Boy and His Toys: reparing for that extra time in retirement, Ralph Rice takes a couple blacksmithing classes at Tillers International and shares his experience.
• Team Anarchy: The First Four Years: Charlie Tennessen recounts the beginning days training his first miniature donkey (Sebastian) to go, adding and training Rosie, his second mini donkey and finally Cassie, the third member of his team. Tennessen gives us much detail in the work he does with his donkeys, whether hitching one, two or three and the equipment he is using on his farm.
• The Croil Barn: Restored Barn Finds New Life Housing Antique Farm Implements Upper Canada Village in Ontario opens its latest exhibit – a restored barn housing “the most important collections of original 19th century agricultural implements in Canada.”
• Kentucky’s Other Horses: Karen Kirsch writes about the Kentucky horses that graze on reclaimed coal mining land. Much effort is being made to maintain these animals, keep them healthy and safe during difficult ecomomic times in the area.
• Harness & the Teamster’s Act: Jenifer Morrissey and Doc Hammill collaberated on a series of harness articles for Rural Heritage a few years back. Here they talk about the compilation of those articles into a new book.