Description
Articles this issue:
- Publisher’s Post: Joe Mischka briefly discusses two major articles in the magazine – Danielle Londrigan’s “Starting Over” series and Paul Schmit’s notes ffrom an online symposium about the feasibility of using draft animal power. He also talks about Rural Heritage’s new book project: America’s Rural Yesterday: Early Tractors.
- Mountains Valleys and Rivers on the Bozeman Trail: Jenifer Morrissey concludes her coverage of the 2001 re-enactment of traversing the Bozeman Trail, including its triumphant arrival in Bozeman, Mont.
- Building a Swamp Road: Taylor Johnson describes how he used found objects and people power to create a road through a frozen swamp in order to reinforce a lakeshore with rip-rap.
- Early Cattle Lessons: Jerry Hicks recalls the lessons learned from his family’s failed attempt at raising cattle.
- Just Because You’ve Done it Before … : Dick Courteau recounts his experience riding the same horse in two rodeos. The two very different performances helped teach him to deal with bitter disappointment and trying again.
- Working with Cover Crops: Jenifer Morrissey provides an in-depth exploration of cover-cropping and how many have adapted this practice to their own particular circumstances.
- Shoo Flies Fly Trap: Karen Kirsch describes the detrimental effects of flies on livestock and how an old idea has been re-imagined to help the alleviate the problem – a walk-through fly removal chute.
- Starting Over – Part 5: Danielle Londrigan and her family make progress with the goal of living an off-grid life in southern Illinois. While work to finish their home progresses, they deal new problems posed by severe winter weather.
- Working Horses Off-Season: Ralph Rice gives some tips on keeping your equines fit and engaged during the slower winter months.
- Online Symposium Review: Paul Schmit shares his notes from an online symposium that focused on the feasibility of draft horse farming. It included many experts from Europe and North America.
- Responding to the Bit: Dick Courteau continues his discussion of accepting the bit, this time discussing the curb bit and the snaffle bit and using a curb chain over the nose to lessen pressure on the mouth.
