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Features:

• Publisher’s Post: Joe Mischka pays tribute to his father and announces his passing on April 13, 2025. Joe also discusses the major enhancements being made to the digital edition of the magazine.
• Bob’s New Forecart: Bob Erickson shows the new forecart he designed and built which offers a plethora of interesting features
• Timber Frame Barn:  We visit Sautee Nacoochee, Ga., to watch an Amish team plus local master carpenters erected a timber-framed barn for Scott Hancock.
• Lessons Learned from an Old Timer: Jacqueline Courteau recounts many of the lessons she learned from her father, Dick Courteau. Illustrations by Maeve Courteau.
• What an Affair: Ralph Rice describes the North American Suffolk Horse Association’s presentation at the Equine Affaire held at the Ohio State Fairgrounds.
• Cowboy’s Last Ride: Larry Jollisant drives a four-up of mules put to an 8-wheel covered Lindsey log wagon 255 miles from Plantersville to Bandera, Texas.
• Westport Carriage Museum: Valerie Kirkwood takes us on a tour of this museum which displays horse drawn vehicles including carts, carriages, surreys, sleighs, hearses, cutters and much more.
• Palouse Empire Planting: Teamsters gather to plant spring wheat using multiple hitches of draft horses and mules which will be later harvested on Labor Day weekend using traditional horse drawn implements.
• The Mares, Part I: Jerry Hicks recounts a time when a crafty horse trader got the better of him with the sale of a team of mares.
• Mower/Cultivator Rendezvous: Donn Hewes hosts a gathering of farmers and teamsters to go over the finer points of rebuilding and restoring sickle bar mowers and two-row cultivators..
• Big Sky Expo Preview: We learn about the largest draft horse show in Montana and how they will be celebrating their 30th anniversary in Deer Lodge, Mont.
• Disposition and Heart: We listen to members of the American Brabant Association explain why they think their horses are special, particularly in terms of attitude, disposition and temperament.
• Horse Progress Days 2025 Seminar Preview: A listing of seminars to be held at this year’s Horse Progress Days in Clare, Mich.