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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

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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Harrowing the old way

Andy Adams: The Log of a Cowboy

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:10:00 +0000

Born in 1859, Andy Adams was one of the great writers of the Western genre. He was raised in Indiana on the family farm where he grew up working with cattle. In 1882 he left home heading for Texas where he spent the better part of 10 years on driving cattle from from Texas to [...]

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Andy Adams: The Log of a Cowboy