Description

Stories in this issue:

• Publisher’s Post: Publisher Joe Mischka touches on several articles that appear in the Oct/Nov issue, including the extensive cover Rural Heritage and its contributors give to Horse Progress Days.
• Starting Over Part 3: With winter approaching, Danielle Londrigan and family find innovative ways to deal with building delays and harsh weather.
• Retiring Mark: Taylor Johnson describes how our draft animal partners can change our lives.
• Farm Update: Ralph Rice updates readers on two projects he described in previous articles, his tractor tire watering tank and his hoop house.
• Poets, Salesmen and Philosophers: Dick Courteau describes the many ways that auctioneers at draft animal and rural sales try to persuade audiences to join the bidding.
• Stewardship of Seed: Jenifer Morrissey describes how seed vendors carefully develop their seeds from pollination to packaging.
• Progress and Innovation: Ralph Rice offers some impressions on 2022 Horse Progress Days held in Montgomery, Ind., highlighting a seeder made for use in developing countries and a cultivator modified for use as an herbicide sprayer.
• The Beauty of Small: Dale K. Stoltzfus describes in depth the development of and uses for the Maresha plow/planter. This implement was showcased at the 2022 Horse Progress Days in Montgomery, Ind., and was made for use in the east African country of Tanzania.
• A View from Holmes County: Mary Ann Sherman gives us a wonderful overview of the 2022 Horse Progress Days in Montgomery, Ind. She describes the grounds – Dinkie’s Auction Center – to the food and fun had by attendees from all over the world.
• International Guest Recognition Meeting: Mary Ann Sherman talks about the meeting held to welcome international visitors to the 2022 Horse Progress Days held in Montgomery, Ind. She highlights Herry and Naomi Kinmbou, of Tanzania, Africa. Herry works with ECHO, an organization that produces sustainable and adaptable practices that help families and their communities to feed themselves.
• HPD Seminars: Mary Ann Sherman details several of the many informative seminars held at the 2022 Horse Progress Days held in Montgomery, Ind. Among them: Starting a Colt, Horseshoeing, Growing Tomatoes, Fitting Collars and Horse Dentistry.
• Rural Bookshelf: Species Rich Grassland: Jenifer Morrissey reviews the new book by Dr. Renate Vanselow, “Species-rich Grassland, The Secret Key to Equine Health.” The book is a detailed guide for equine owners in selecting forage and forage products.
• The Scotch Hobble: Dick Courteau describes the effective use of a Scotch hobble to teach your equine to stand calmly.
• Horse Progress Days 2022 Equipment: Photos and descriptions of the equipment featured at the 2022 Horse Progress Days in Montgomery, Ind., divided into these categories: Forecarts and power units, Mowers, Hay Tedders, Bale Movers, Plows, Tillage Equipment, Seed Drills, Produce, Spreaders and Sprayers.