Review
Rural Heritage, Spring 2006
“[It’s] the first book I have read of any kind that is so thorough in its presentation and easy to understand. Once I started reading it, I had a hard time putting it down … One day I hope to have the pleasure of meeting the two gentlemen responsible for such an interesting and informative book.”
Small Farm Today, July 1, 2006
“Great for first timers; this covers the basic principles you will need to farm with horses.”
Farm Collector, December 2006
“If seeing is believing, this lavishly illustrated book will make a believer out of you. Every page is packed with professionally composed color photographs illustrating every point of instruction. Very useful information and well presented. If you’re considering farming with horses spend some time studying up with this book.”
Product Description
In the early twentieth century, the proliferation of farm tractors dramatically eased the burden on America’s farmers. It seemed the day of the horse-drawn plough was well over. And yet today, with a new generation working smaller spreads for reasons of necessity, economics, or personal conviction, draft horses are going back to work in a big way, and proving their worth once more. This book, by a widely respected trainer of working horses, aims to show those new to farming with horses—or those simply in need of a brush-up—everything they need to make the old ways work like new.
With a wealth of color illustrations and clear, to-the-point prose, Farming with Horses reviews the different types of harness and collar, explains how to select a work horse and how to hitch a horse to an implement, and fully describes lateral and longitudinal alignment, rein grips, and every other aspect of farming with horses.
