What Rural Heritage Is Showing on RFD-TV
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Feb. 4
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Team Trail Driving — An Iowa couple drive two big Percherons put to a large Leon carriage fitted with special suspension, brakes and other safety features over wooded trails and rough terrain. (New) | |
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Feb. 11
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Missouri Draft Horse and Mule Plow Day — Larry Whitham and Valerie Engelken, both of Gerald, Missouri, host a fall plow day where draft horses and mules work the field. (New) | |
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Feb. 18
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2024 Boonville Plow Day — Belgians, Percherons, Spotted Drafts and mules demonstrate fall plowing at the Thresherman’s Park in Boonville, Ill. (New) | |
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Feb. 25
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Suffolk Logging Gathering — Chris and Lavada Pidcock host a weekend gathering of nearby Suffolk owners where they harvest pine timber from trees planted by Chris’ grandfather and had reached maturity. (New) | |
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Mar. 4
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Rohrer Stone Barn & House — A Lancaster, Pennsylvania, family occupies, restores and preserves a stone barn, mill, and house. (New) | |
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Mar. 11
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Hausbarn Heritage Park — Community members from Manning, Iowa, find a hausbarn in Germany where it is deconstructed, hauled in pieces to Iowa where it was reconstructed by German historic barn builders at the Manning Hausbarn-Heritage Park. (New) | |
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Mar. 18
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Cinder Ridge Harvest Fest — A Thurmond, North Carolina, couple build a variety of early American farm buildings and hosts an annual Harvest Festival. (New) | |
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Mar. 25
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ABA Conformation Clinic — Members of the American Brabant Association gather in Hastings, Iowa, to define the breed standards for the American Brabant and how to evaluate horses against. (New) | |
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Apr. 1
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Handy Horse Drawn Modifications — Gene England shows and explains how he’s improved the function of his forecarts and horse drawn mower. (New) | |
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Apr. 8
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Amish Barn Raising — We attend and document an old-fashioned Amish barn raising in Sautee, Georgia. (New) | |
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Apr. 15
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White Chimneys Part 2— We learn about the historic grounds and outbuildings at White Chimneys Estate in Gap, Pennsylvania. (New) | |
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Apr. 22
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Haste Mule Clinic — A select group of participants learn to be better teamsters with mules and draft horses in Liberty, Kentucky. (New) | |
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Apr. 29
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Percherons on Parade — A young Wisconsin woman and her proud grandfather take a team of Percherons on a Memorial Day parade. |
Click the RFD-TV logo above for a link to the RFD-TV Schedule and the Rural Heritage Show.
Watch Rural Heritage each week on RFD-TV. This half-hour program about draft animal farming and logging and other aspects of our rich rural heritage airs each Tuesday at 3:30 pm and again Saturday at 2:30 pm, Central Time on Channel 239 on Mediacom Cable, Channel 345 on Direct TV, Channel 231 on DISH Network and other local cable systems. Many of the programs we produce for RFD-TV can also be seen on our Youtube Channel. (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC93XbruU8P1pxZy5Vo1kjfA) and our Vimeo channel at vimeo.com/channels/ruralheritage.