A Bi-Monthly Magazine
Borrowing From Yesterday To Do the Work Of Today
Offering Resources to Promote Self-Sufficient & Back-to-the-Land Living
Draft Animal Equipment
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Draft Animal Equipment Resources
A team and a grain drill.
Photo courtesy of Laura Masterson.
Photo courtesy of Laura Masterson.
Resource Materials
Visit our Bookstore for the most extensive collection of draft equipment resources.
Hitches and Hitching
- Three–Abreast Draft Horse Hitch by Dale Wagner
- Hitching a Sulky Plow by Sam Moore**NEW
- Hitching with and without a Pole by Valvert Lucius Fox
How to Adjust a Plow - John Deere Company
Equipment
- I&J Mower by Joe Mischka
Illustrations
- Parts of a Wagon Illustration by Bethany Caskey
- Sulky Plow Illustration by Bethany Caskey
- No 9 Mower Illustration by Bethany Caskey
Reflectionss
- Hope for Progress - HPD Reflection by Ralph Rice
Horse-Powered History, Machines and Equipment Manuals
- History of Horse–Powered Farming in America by Sam Moore
- Manuals for Old Horse–Powered Equipment by Sam Moore
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Agricultural Machinery–Appleton's
Encyclopedia (1880)
by Park Benjamin PhD
Horse-Drawn Vehicles Plans and Repair
- How to Build or Repair a Horse–Drawn Wagon by Rod Chiodini
- Do It Yourself A $100 Ox Cart by Rob Collins
- Build a Better Baler by Todd Wrightston
- Do It Yourself Spreader by Ralph Rice
- Do It Yourself Stoneboat by Roy Deppa
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Sources for Horse–Drawn Vehicle Plans
Additional Resources
Above: A pony-powered chain harrow pulls moss out of a pasture. Eddie's friend John
Fishwick takes a turn working Bess.
A place to spend time with others interested in draft animals, self-sufficient living,
small-scale family farming and other aspects of our rich rural heritage.
small-scale family farming and other aspects of our rich rural heritage.
Home of the internet’s most extensive calendar listing of draft horse events
(frequently updated online)
(frequently updated online)
An online listing of businesses that provide products and services to the draft animal
industry as well as small sustainable farming activities.
industry as well as small sustainable farming activities.
Harness information, including a full line of custom harness and related tack.
Teams for Sale
Post items of equipment or tack you may wish to sell, trade, or buy related to farming or
logging with horses, mules, donkeys, or oxen.
Above: A do-it-yourself fertilizer spreader built by Rural Heritage contributor Ralph Rice.
