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Features:

• Open Bridle for Work Horses: Donn Hewes explains why he prefers to start his horses with open bridles (no blinders) and when he thinks that a bridle with blinders makes sense.
• German Fellowship:Rob Collins writes about his recent experience spending a week at Lauresham open-air museum in Lorsch, Germany.
• A Bridle/Halter for Safety: Donn Hewes writes about how he works his horses with a bridle that combines elements of a halter for safety and convenience.
• Bioavailable Water: Jenifer Morrissey explains how water is more than you might think. She talks about research being done by Dr. Gerald Pollock into structured water, particularly bioavailable water, which provides unique nutritional properties for plants and animals.
• Socializing Your Young Team of Working Steers: Mary Osmer writes about a couple of opportunities she has had to take her young team of working steers out in public, helping them gain experiences they might not get on the farm.
• The Un-forgotten Farmers of the Chars Pt. 1: Paul Schmitt introduces readers to the Chars farmers in the Bangladesh Delta who are coping with changing climate.
• 16-Mule Hitch: Men and women from California and Nevada hook 16 of their mules to to reenact a famous hitch used in the early years of Thermopolis, Wyo.
• Florida Cracker Cattle: Les O’Dell writes about one of the oldest breeds of domestic cattle in North America.
• An Unlikely Journey: Anna Knapp-Peck tells us about Lea Patrice Fales and Brian Alfonsi who farm with oxen at their Ray, Mich., farm.
• Draft Animal Power Network:Becky Frye writes about Horsetail Herb Farm in Marathon, N.Y., where she raises certified organic culinary and medicinal herbs.