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Features:

• Publisher’s Post: Joe Mischka had a thoughtful conversation with Gerald Schmidt about how his farming operation changed when the economy changed for small dairy farmers.
• Why One Horse is Always in Front of the Other: Donn Hewes reviews the reasons your team may not always be in stride and then offers suggestions for correcting the issue.
• On the Horns of Honor: by Dick Courteau; Dick recounts the time he put life and limb on the line in order to maintain his honor and pay back a bet.
• Farmstead Makeover: by Ralph Rice; As his life plans change, so does Ralph Rice’s farmstead. Here, Ralph details several changes he made to outbuildings to accommodate his Suffolk breeding operation.
• Business Spotlight: Schrock’s Harness Supply: An overview of the 72-year history of Schrock’s Harness Supply in Medford, Wis.
• Building a Breed: Joe Mischka details the efforts to establish the American Brabant as a registered breed. Briefly, this breed contains at least 25% post-1972 European Belgian genetics, as well as working North American draft stock.
• Tales from Carter County: Greek Alphabet: Jerry Hicks describes the time he got into a bit of trouble with the law, but talked his way out of it with the help of a lesson he learned in grade school.
  Born too Late?: Philip Henderson muses about the advantages of living in the 1800s … and some of the drawbacks.
• Ode to the Bitternut Hickory: Donn Hewes recounts his quest to identify some prolific saplings in the woods near his central New York home … and how that lead to some introspection on future generations.
• Planning the Farmstead Layout: Reprinted from Farm Knowledge Vol III: Farm Implements and Construction, 1919; H.H. Newman takes the reader through several considerations when planning a farmstead, including: local factors like climate, type of farming, topography. He then discusses the buildings that may be involved: such as the general purpose barn, granary,  dairy barn, poultry house, and more.
• Cinder Ridge Harvest Day: Joe Mischka includes information and pictures about the Cinder Ridge Harvest Day, that was started by Joe Snow of Thurmond, N.C., to bring farm history to life and to showcase is Appalachian farmstead, complete with historical buildings.
• Forney to Montgomery: Joe Mischka talks with John Coley about how the Forney, Ala., to Montgomery, Ala., wagon train got started and what it’s like today.
• Powercart Makeover: Ralph Rice how he had a powercart built for him in 2010, and how (and why) he recently had it rebuilt.