Rural Heritage April/May 2026

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Publisher's Post5
The Open Bridle for Work Horses8
A Bridle/Halter for Safety13
German Fellowship16
Bioavailable Water24
Socializing Young Working Steers34
The un-forgotten Farmers of the Chars Part 140
Florida Cracker Cattle48
Sixteen Mule Hitch50
VIDEO: The public land of Nevada’s Smith Valley, near Wellington, is an ideal place to practice the 16-mule hitch.51
VIDEO: Luke Messenger and Roy Clark (in black shirt) adjust a chain that attaches the long chain that runs from the first wagon to the lead team.51
VIDEO: HeritageThe sixteen mules and their humans head back after spending a few hours practicing for the upcoming event in Thermopolis, Wy.ii
VIDEO: The 16-up hitch begins a practice turn so the teams ahead of the wheelers can learn to step over the chain and then vback again after the hitch has straightened out.iv
VIDEO: The bells on the lead team signal their presence to teams coming toward them and provide a cadence for the teams following behind.vii
VIDEO: In practice, here, the first wagon runs with its brake applied to somewhat mimic the weight of a loaded set of freight wagons.vii
The Smoke House52
An Unlikely Journey54
J.C. Allen Archives60
Draft Animal Power NETwork64
The Corn Crops (1919 Reprint)66
Rural Bookshelf80
Calendar of Events82
Associations85
My Card90
Breeder's Directory95
RH on YouTube97
Advertiser's Index98
A&A Carriage93
American Brabant Association85
American Cream Draft Horse Assn85
America's Rural Yesterday Books100
Athens Treadmill25
Banks Mountain Farm90
Belgian Draft Horse Corp America88
Big Black Horse LLC94
Bowman Harness Ltd92
Boynton's Yokes'n Bows93
Brown Shop Road Farm92
Bun Bag92
Canjo91
Clark Bending94
Coblentz Collar Shop16
Draft Animal Powered Network85
Doc Hammill's Workshop Video Series57
Donn's Training School33
DS Stoves71
E-Z Sales & Service, LLC93
Edgewood Buggy Shop90
EZ Spreader91
Fairsing Farm95
Farmer Brown's Plow Shop92
Farming Magazine22
Garrettland's Farm92
GLG Farm91
Gordon's Harness Shop95
Green Haven Open Pollinated Seed Group91
Green Mountain Draft Horse Assoc70
Guild of American Sharpeners, the86
Hansen Wheel & Wagon Shop94
Hertitage Livestock Canada87
Hoffman Hatchery95
Horse Progress Days96
I&J Manufacturing44
Illinois Rural Heritage Museum44
Innercoastal Livestock16
Iowa Draft Horse and Mule Association89
J&L Haysaver91
Langdell's Stitch & Tack Shop93
Lehman's2
Little Bitty Farm91
Livestock Conservancy87
Lyndon Farm Team Competition81
Martin's Miniature Replicas94
ME Miller Tire90
Meader Supply Corp48
Mid-Ohio Draft Horse & Carriage Sale13
Mid-Tennessee Mule Skinners Assoc88
Midwest Leather Co12
Midwest Ox Drovers Association88
Minnesota Horse Breeders87
Montgomery Wagon Train17
Mules and More Magazine93
Mullet's Machinery & Repair70
My Draft Horse Super Store99
North American Spotted Draft Horse Assn88
North American Suffolk Horse Association86
North Dakota Draft Horse Assn89
Northern Minnesota Draft Horse Assn86
Nutra-Glo23
Nutra-Glo94
NW Michigan DHA Driving School88
Ox Bow Trade Company90
Peach Lane Harness Shop93
Pendleton Wagon Train23
Red Roan Belgians95
Read's Suffolks93
Rural Heritage Ad Rates53
Rural Heritage Book Store83
Rural Heritage Video Compliations4
Samson Harness Shop Inc45
Samson Harness Shop Inc94
Sanborn Mills Workshops69
Sequatchie Suffolks95
Shady Lane Wagons90
Sharon Cartway Belgians12
Shipshewana Harness Supplies90
South Dakota Draft Horse & Mule Assn87
Stoltzfus Welding & Repair, LLC91
Texas Draft Horse & Mule Assn86
Tillers International45
Trail Farm Supply94
Walnut Creek Cart Shop91
Wana Wheel Works90
Waverly Horse Sale22
Weaver Wagons and Custom Design92
Werner Wagon Works90
Willowtrail Farm92
Yoder's Horseshoeing Stocks Co71
Yoders Nylon Works94

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