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Stories in this issue:

• A Year in a Farm’s Live: Part 4 – Fall & Winter: Katrina Julian completes her Farm Life series with activities from October through December. Life continues to be busy with final garden harvest and preservation, corn silage, readying the farm for winter, training a new horse to pull and so much more.
• Acorn Flour: We thought we would give it a try. A step-by-step story of the process we used to make acorn flour from our own trees all the way through to the recipes we cooked up using the flour.
• Making History:Three American Suffolk Punch horses donated by American breeders were sent to Australia to improve bloodlines there. Read about this endeavor and a little history of the breed in Australia.
• Unveiling of the American Brabant Registry: The American Brabant Association has been working to officially define the breed (European Brabant and American Draft Horse, usually Belgian, cross) as well as create a registry to keep track of owners, breeders, ancestry and lineage
• South Oregon Coast 1911: Jenifer Morrissey continues the stories about her great grandparents lives in Oregon. This episode follows them on their first automobile trip to the Oregon coast. Morrissey describes the landscape and its history of logging, cheesemaking, fishing, mining and agriculture beautifully.
• Hay on the Homestead: Charlie Tennessen explains how modern small-scale haymaking can be successful. He describes all the steps including scythe choice, weather, cutting technique and storage. Learn how he is doing this all on his four acre farm.
• Building Your Own Snath: Charlie Tennessen teachus us about snaths adn how to make your own from lumber, laminated wood or a stick from a shrub or small tree. Great photos on his own project are included.
• Justified is “Justify-d”: Jenifer Morrissey explains why she is happy to be validated in her concentration on the mare side of the breeding equation as was done in breeding Justify – winner of the 2018 Triple Crown.
• Caring for Farm Work Horses: Knowledge, Volume 1, Farm Animals, Their Care and Diseases, prepared by Sears and Roebuck. This article includes a thourough coverage on feed (how, what when, how much), watering, salt. Next it covers horse care (stable, brooming, clipping, bedding, pests) and on to the harness (adjusting, fitting, care). Lastly, foot care and elementary driving