Rural Heritage June/July 2026

VOLUME 51

JUNE/JULY 2026

NUMBER 3

Departments

Editor/Publisher Joe Mischka editor@ruralheritage.com Advertising ad@ruralheritage.com Editing Susan Blocker Subscriber Services subscribe@ruralheritage.com Regular Contributors

5 Publisher's Post 56 J.C. Allen Archives 82 Calendar of Events

85 Associations 90 My Card 95 Breeder's Directory

Rob Collins Ralph J. Rice Anna Knapp-Peck Donn Hewes Jerry Hicks Mary Osmer

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3 Cover Photo and Above: James Guthrie plows with his Percheron team at the Shaker Village in Harrodsburg, Ky., during the Draft Animal Power Network SE Teamster Gathering in mid April 2026. Features 8 Hooking & Unhooking................................................ Donn Hewes 14 Calf Training: Halters or Collars................................... Rob Collins 20 Moving Toward Perennial Agriculture.............. Jenifer Morrissey 30 American Mammoth Jackstock....................................... Les O’Dell 34 Ivy Pagliari............................................................ Anna Knapp-Peck 40 Start with a Good Foundation........................ Cameron L. Howard 42 The un-forgotten Farmers of the Chars Part 2........... Paul Schmit 50 Eulogy for Old Doc.......................................................... Jerry Hicks 54 Mike Brewington Plow Day.......................................... Joe Mischka Extra pages and videos on this story are on the digital edition. 60 Tuning up the McCormick Deering Cultivator......... Michael Glos 66 Multi-Use Tools & Tips................................................. Ralph J. Rice 70 Draft Animal Power NETwork........................... Anna Knapp-Peck 72 Mini Nubians to the Rescue...................................... Chiara Dowell 78 Bryan Moon Plow Day.................................................. Joe Mischka Extra pages and videos on this story are on the digital edition. 80 Lyndon Farm Team Show............................................. Joe Mischka Extra pages and videos on this story are on the digital edition.

June/July 2026