For generations American farmers plowed their fields using teams of draft horses, born and raised specifically for the job. And today, decades after the draft horse was the only way to get the job ...

I started plowing with a team when I was around ten years old. I believe it was about 1938. We had horses first and later Pop (Dad) purchased a team of mules. Molly was the name of the mare that we ...

Apr. 28—PLYMOUTH — The fourth edition of the Baldwin Percheron Plow Day brought dozens of people to plow, or watch people plow, a tract of land along Seven Hills Road. Joel Baldwin sponsors the annual ...

The plow cuts into the earth, turning soil that is the same deep brown hue as the giant horses pulling the antique farm machinery. "Haw," calls out Maddie Schill, and the team of Brabant draft horses, ...

FRIDAY, 4/12 Farm Fest 2013 & Draft Horse Plowing Competition We ll spend the morning on the grounds of the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center in McMinnville to preview this weekend s annual Farm Fest & ...

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Spring may have officially arrived in March but the unofficial season change in Trenton began yesterday with an annual Isles Spring Plow of an East Ward city garden. “This event really connects ...

WARWICK, N.D. — Russell Wallace has loved and appreciated horses his whole life. He grew up around them and took care of his own. He’s too old to ride anymore, he said, but has found a new way to ...

LeROY -- The 23rd annual horse-plowing contest sponsored by the Iowa Minnesota Draft Horse Plowing Association begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at Grass &; Sons Seeds near LeRoy. There will be eight ...

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