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Stories in this issue:

• Maine Oxen Head to Kentucky Horse Park: by Dottie Bell. A group of teamsters from Maine go to Kentucky to show off their oxen teamster skills.
• A View From Holmes County: by Mary Ann Sherman. An overview of Horse Progress Days 2011, which took place in Gap, PA
• Horsepowered Haymaking: by Joe Mischka. Tommy Flowers and friends get together to show off their draft horse skills while making hay.
• Cultivating Corn: by Randy Estep. Using a Turner horse-drawn, one-row riding cultivator.
• Miniature Horses Work: by Anna Knapp Peck. Profiles of people who use miniature horses in a variety of jobs: The Guide Horse Foundation, Happy Trails Miniature, Doxy’s Horse Recovery, Peter Johnson
• Logging Safety: by Taylor Johnson. Train yourself to be aware of hazards on the job: The pinch, the skid path, the toll of physical labor, and insects. How to plan ahead.
• Horse Progress Days Field Equipment: by Sam Moore. Field and Equipment Demonstrations, Gap, PA. Moore describes all of the equipment demonstrated at this year’s event
• HPD Seminar Diagnosing Plant Problems: Penn State Extention Agent Tim Elkner how to tell what’s hurting your plants.
• HPD Seminar Growing for the Produce Auction: Raymond Yoder, of Holmes County, Ohio, explains a produce auction and how to sell at one.
• Key Techniques for Safe, Confident Horses: by Jenifer Morrissey. Doc Hammill teaches his eight techniques for producing safe, confident horses.
• HPD Seminar Farm Power – Horses vs Tractors: David Kline, Holmes County, Ohio, and Kim and Jean Hadwin of Ontario, Canada, discuss the broad topic of farming with horses
• HPD Seminar Understanding Our Soil: Reuben Stoltzfus of Lancaster Ag Products in Ronks, Penn., discusses the components of healthy, fertile soil.
• HPD Seminar Pastured Pork: Abe Fisher, of Niman Ranch, discusses how his company works with local producers to raise pastured pork.
• HPD Seminar Organic Farming: eff Moyer, farm director for th Rodale Institute, Kutztown, Penn., discusses the advantages of organic farming, and offers some advice.
• HPD Seminar Horseloggers’ Round Table: Jason Rutledge, Chan Miano and Bob Capobianco.
• Produce Equipment at HPD 2011:
  HPD Seminar Is There a CSA in Your Future?: Tips on what to grow, how much to grow, finances, distribution and marketing if you are considering starting a Consumer Supported Agriculture (CSA)
• International Meeting at HPD 2011: An overview of the meeting of international guests at Horse Progress Days 2011. Guests included thos from the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, and South Sudan
• HPD Seminar Haymaking: Glen Beidler, of Freeburg, Penn., spoke about successful haymaking. The longer it takes hay to dry or be siled, the greater the loss of dry matter.