Teamsters Tips
A look back at tried and true advice from over 30 years of Rural Heritage featuring: snow roller, calf turning, starting colts in shafts and putting on a pull.
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J.C. Allen Archives
A selection of vintage photographs from this renowned photographer of rural America.
A Reader Asks About: A Hoosier Corn Planter
Sam Moore gives us a brief history of the seed drill, its invention and manufacturers. He also informs us of a great resource for historical information about McCormick and International Harvestor equipment. |
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~ Features ~
Klaus Karbaumer prepares a vegetable plot.
Let's Party!
In Northwest Pennsylvania a family tradition is carried on for 25 years. Two Harrington families host a spring plow day that brings 12-15 teams of horses and their owners together for a day filled with work, friendship and a pig roast.
Build a Better Baler - - click on title to read this story in full
Todd Wrightson decides to take his PTO baler and convert it into a
engine-driven baler. He takes us along on his step by step conversion, from purchasing the engine to snaking the fuel line around the drive chain. Now waiting for that grass to grow is painful.
Karbaumer Farm: Horsepower Organics
The pull of a draft horse community brought Klaus Karbaumer to Missouri from Bavaria. We learn about his Community Supported Agriculture farm which produces organic fruits and vegetables incorporating the use of draft horses and horse drawn machinery.
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Restoring a John Deere Grain Elevator
The boys from Pomeroy, Washington are back at it again. Their new project for the Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum's fine collection of antique farm equipment ia a portable grain elevator. dating from before 1940.
A fabulous photo record is included.
Dowsing for Water
Doodle-bugging? Water witching? Divining? Bethany Caskey schools us on the ancient mystery/art/science of dowsing for all manner of things. |
Blacksmithing is Back
At the William Harris Homestead historic property in Georgia, Boy Scout Cody Burnham bases his Eagle Scout project on building a reproduction of the sites's original blacksmith shop. Photos and schematic are included.
Walt Curlee
After a tour in the U.S. Army, a stint at art direction and years of free lance corporate art, Walt Curlee returns to the fine art of oil painting on canvas. His beautiful rural landscapes are inspired by his home region of Alabama and his wife's home state of West Virginia.
Oxen-Powered Haymaking
Farmer Rob Collins esplains how his mixed power haymaking system works for him on his three and a half acre farm. Two oxen and a beef steer are fed with little supplemental feed by careful crop management of his hay fields.
Reflections: Not So Mini
Ralph Rice recounts an adventure with his son's mini horse, Patches, which alters his old opinions of minis...for the better?
An English Girl's Amish Childhood
Ashley Arnold tells tales of her unique childhood growing up with her "English" family near a Mennonite community. Her experiences on her family farm and the neighbors' is one of those stories that remind us how precious those times in our lives were.
Working with a Single Ox
After Anna Knapp–Peck needed to sell a team of oxen, her son was devastated. Bringing a single ox back home posed a challenge. Read how she was able to use the single ox for many tasks and how he was oufitted for the jobs.
Working an Ox with a 3-Pad Collar
A short notice call for a star ox caused Ms. Knapp–Peck to borrow a single ox collar for a film shooting. After filming, she did not want to give it back. Anna explains its German and Swiss origins and advantages of this three-pad collar.
Gardening in Structured Beds
Gail Damerow expounds on the many advantages of raised bed gardening;from no-till, keeping foot traffice from compacting the soil to less weeding and fewer backaches.
Mike Fuchs binds corn with his Belgian team at the Mark Foster Farm
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Building a Soil Sifter
The third time is the charm for the Damerows in designing an aparatus to sift and mix their compost and soil. Save yourself some headaches and take a look at the final design.
Making a Case for a Single Horse
Taylor Johnson spends much time with horse teams, but he works with a single horse when ever he can. Besides the deep bond built working this way, the tasks you can perform are countless – from logging in tight spots to hauling a cart, stone boat or sled. |
Hitching Three: Creating a Non-Event
In part one of this two part series, Doc Hammill presents the unique challenge of hitching three horses together. No matter the experience of the horse or the driver, the key is to make the horses experience a "non–event". Follow Doc during one of his five day workshops with three horse.
Silo Filling Day
Based on a tradition dateing from the 1930's, a family in Ellendale, MN host an annual get together at their farm.
The event: harvesting corn and filling the silo. It would seem like work, but with good friends and good food, it becomes an annual holiday! This event features our magazine cover Percherons.
So Long, Summer
The season wrap up from the Arnold market garden. There are so many delicious fruits and vegetables to hear about, you must read this. Critical lessons are learned about which varieties do best, sell best and are tastiest. A must read for home gardeners as well as market gardeners and even dreamers.
The Wisdom of Cattle-What is an Ox?
Our cherished Philip Henderson tells us what only about ten percent of us already know – What is an Ox? Steer, bull, cow, drover, teamster...yaks and water buffalo?
Two Chianina oxen.
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