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Plowing with horses

admin — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:57:00 +0000

Another farm picture, this time they’re plowing. A four horse team pulling what looks to be a two bottom plow. Most moldboard plows pulled by modern tractors require roughly 15 horsepower per “bottom” or individual plow. Even though the horses here probably aren’t pulling all that fast, they’re definitely earning their keep. Post from: Cowboy [...]

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Plowing with horses

Patches: The coolest horse in the world!

admin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:19:00 +0000

He gets chauffeured around in a convertible to the local mcdonalds to get a burger. He’s sits on the couch and watches tv, then he goes to the refrigerator for beer and answers the phone. This horse is very well trained. He’s definitely cool, but maybe he should be called the world’s LUCKIEST horse? Post [...]

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Patches: The coolest horse in the world!

Harrowing the old way

admin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:20:00 +0000

It’s amazing to think that farming was done with a team of horses pulling a wooden harrow. Makes you wonder how many passes he had to make with it before the ground was scratched up enough. I’m going to assume that this is the precursor to the modern day spring tooth harrow. This is the [...]

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An Anxious Moment

admin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:01:00 +0000

I don’t know what it is, maybe the nostalgic feeling i get when i see stuff like this, but i LOVE old fashioned cartoons. Old fashioned anything actually. Maybe it’s because it takes me back to a time when everything seemed better. Post from: Cowboy Boots and Western ShoesAn Anxious Moment Tags: cartoon, horse, john [...]

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An Anxious Moment