Rural Heritage June/July 2026

Publisher's Post5
Hooking & Unhooking6
VIDEO: Once he has his team in position, with the tongue between them, Donn loops his lines and puts them over the hamess where they can be reached quickly.8
VIDEO: On a D-ring harness, the front side straps carry the weight of the front of the tongue, running from the neck yoke to the "D" ring. The photo on the left shows the strap before it is tightened. The strap running from the collar to the neck yoke is designed to keep the side strap in place, but here it is sharing the weight of the pole. The photo on the right shows the side strap tightened to take up the weight of the pole so the other strap becomes slack. Donn will loosen these side straps when unhooking before doing anything else, to reduce the tension throughout the hitch, making it easier to unhook the traces.12
Calf Training: Halters or Collars14
Moving Toward Perennial Agriculture20
American Mammoth Jackstock30
Ivy Pagliari34
Start with a Good Foundation40
The un-forgotten Farmers of the Chars Part 242
Eulogy for Old Doc50
Mike Brewington Plow Day54
VIDEO: Calvin Elder plows with his young team of Belgians.54
VIDEO: Michael McDaniel plows behind Calvin Elder.55
VIDEO: Zach Odom brought two mule teams and plowed with one while Marcy plowed with the others.55
VIDEO: Michael McDaniel plows with his Quarter Horse/Belgian crosses.ii
VIDEO: Marcy Odom drives a team of black mules owned by her and her husband, Zach Odom.ii
VIDEO: Doug Askew, 90, of Bradford, Tenn., plowed with his team of mules.ii
VIDEO: Jason Martin plows with three mules put to a White Horse 715 sulky plow.ii
J.C. Allen Archives56
Tuning up the McCormick Deering Cultivator60
Multi-Use Tools & Tips66
Draft Animal Power NETwork70
Mini Nubians to the Rescue72
Bryan Moon Plow Day78
VIDEO: Mike Ewigman of Marceline, Mo., plows with his three Percheron/Quarter Horse crossbreds.78
VIDEO: Larry Whithman drives three Norwegian Fjords he and Val Engelken keep in Saint Joseph, Mo.78
VIDEO: Rod Malchow of Urbana, Mo., plows with a four-up with Percherons on the wheel and Percheron/Haflinger crosses in the lead.79
VIDEO: Mike Ewigman gives a younger teamster a chance on the lines with his three abreast hitch.79
VIDEO: L.R. Oehrke drives his Percheron team put to a disc harrow.iv
VIDEO: Kent Embry uses a two-way plow with his team of Belgian draft horses.iv
VIDEO: Doyle Prawl plows with a mule and his new pair of Percherons.v
VIDEO: Valerie Engelkin plows with three abreast of Norwegian Fjords.v
Lyndon Farm Team Show80
VIDEO: Clay Sharp heads into the log pull/skid class.80
VIDEO: Brian High takes his team over the bridge in the obstacle course.81
VIDEO: Chuck Asbury rounds a turn in the obstacle course.81
VIDEO: Logan High competes in the precision pull class.vi
VIDEO: Dani Picard heads out in the obstacle class.vi
VIDEO: Todd Reid of Miltonville, Kanvii
VIDEO: Valerie Bowlby was the first contestant to compete in the log pull/skid class.vii
Calendar of Events82
Associations85
My Card90
Breeder's Directory95
Advertisers98
A&A Carriage93
American Brabant Association85
American Cream Draft Horse Assn85
America's Rural Yesterday Books100
Athens Treadmill32
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
Classic Coatings97
Coblentz Collar Shop19
Doc Hammill's Workshop Video Series52
Donn's Training School19
Draft Animal Power Network85
Draft Animal Power Network - Field Day69
Draft Horse Classic49
DS Machine Shop LLC53
E-Z Sales & Service, LLC93
Edgewood Buggy Shop90
EZ Spreader91
Fairsing Farm95
Farmer Brown's Plow Shop92
Farming Magazine49
Farrier Product Distribution53
Garrettland's Farm92
GLG Farm91
Gordon's Harness Shop90
Green Haven Open Pollinated Seed Group91
Guild of American Sharpeners, the86
Hansen Wheel & Wagon Shop94
Heritage Livestock of Canada87
Horse Progress Days96
Huberd Shoe Grease29
I&J Manufacturing69
Illinois Rural Heritage Museum69
Innercoastal Livestock77
Iowa Draft Horse and Mule Association89
J&L Haysaver91
Langdell's Stitch & Tack Shop93
Lazy B Suffolks97
Lehman's2
Little Bitty Farm91
Livestock Conservancy, The87
Martin's Miniature Replicas94
ME Miller Tire90
Meader Supply Corp59
Mid-Tennessee Mule Skinners Assoc88
Midstates Mfg13
Midwest Ox Drovers Assn88
Minnesota Horse Breeders87
Mules and More Magazine93
Mullet's Machinery & Repair65
My Draft Horse Superstore99
North American Spotted Draft Horse Assn88
North American Suffolk Horse Assn86
North Dakota Draft Horse Association89
Northern Minnesota Draft Horse Assn86
Nutra-Glo29
Nutra-Glo94
NW Michigan Draft Horse Asn88
Peach Lane Harness Shop93
Read's Suffolks93
Red Roan Belgian Horses95
Rural Heritage Ad rates19
Rural Heritage Video Compilations4
Samson Harness Shop Inc69
Samson Harness Shop Inc94
Sanborn Mills Workshops32
Sequatchie Suffolks95
Shady Lane Wagons90
Shipshewana Harness Supplies90
Small Farmer's Journal33
South Dakota Draft Horse & Mule Assn87
Stoltzfus Welding & Repair, LLC91
Suffolk SE Gathering and Meeting64
Texas Draft Horse & Mule Assn86
Tillers International65
Trail Farm Supply94
Walnut Creek Cart Shop91
Wana Wheel Works90
Weaver Wagons and Custom Design92
Werner Wagon Works90
Willowtrail Farm92
Yoder's Fly Trap64
Yoder's Horseshoeing Stocks Co77
Yoder's Nylon Works94

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