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Borrowing From Yesterday To Do the Work Of Today
Offering Resources to Promote Self-Sufficient & Back-to-the-Land Living
Draft Horses
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Draft Horse Resources
Above: George Merrill drives a young Shire at Troika Drafts in Hebron, Maine. Photo by Vicki Schmidt.
Reference Materials
Visit our Bookstore for the most extensive collection of draft horse resources.
Estimate Your Equine’s Weight by Mari Lintin Leedy
Working Horses
- Horse Power vs. Horsepower by Gail Damerow
- Good Work Horse Prospects by Glenn French
- Working Horses: Four Corner Communications by Vicki Schmidt
Driving Horses
- Horsedrawn Geometry by Jenifer Morrissey
- Hitching Three: Creating a Non-Event by Jenifer Morrissey
- Hitching Three: Adjustments for Success by Jenifer Morrissey
Safe Horse Techniques
- Safe Horse Techniques by Jenifer Morrissey (with Doc Hammill)
- Hitching Safely by Jenifer Morrissey (with Doc Hammill)
- Neither Carrot Nor Stick by Jenifer Morrissey (with Doc Hammill)
- Where Driving Differs by Jenifer Morrissey (with Doc Hammill)
- Daily Opportunities for Creating Safe Horses by Jenifer Morrissey (with Doc Hammill)
- Preventing Wrecks by Jenifer Morrissey (with Doc Hammill)
Horse Power For Natural Farming – series by Ken Laing
- Horse Power for Natural Farms by Ken Laing
- Advantages of Draft Horses by Ken Laing
- Feed and Water Requirements by Ken Laing
- Procuring Suitable Horses by Ken Laing
- Horse Housing by Ken Laing
- Harness and Equipment by Ken Laing
Work Horses in a Market Garden (3 Part Series by Stephen Leslie)
Ilustrations and Drawings
- Parts of the Horse by Bethany Caskey
- Bone Structure of the Horse by Bethany Caskey
- Horse Gaits by Bethany Caskey
- Draft Horse Breeds by Bethany Caskey
Mare and Foal
- Draft Horse Gestation & Foaling by Damerow and Clay
- Mating and Gestation Chart by Rural Heritage
- Cross Breeding Draft Horses by Karen Grune
- Can Imprint Training Go Too Far? by Sarah Probst
- Early Foal Training by Jenifer Morrissey **NEW
Additional Resources
Above: Belgian team plowing.
Teams for Sale
Information on trimming, clipping, repair, materials, shoes, stocks, and forge work.
Many articles about caring for your horse including nutrition,
breeding, disease, EPSM, and much more.
breeding, disease, EPSM, and much more.
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.
Above: Phillip Odden gathers map with the help of his Fjord team.
