Rural Heritage June/July 2026

…continued from page 5 benefitted from included a strong community of farm families close by, ready to help with shared projects such as threshing grain, building barns and helping those suffering from misfortune. Sure, farmers were autonomous and sometimes solitary, but there was always friendly and helpful folks nearby. ° ° ° °

W e put this issue to bed in mid May but by the time you read this in early June, I will have been to Donn Hewes’s farm in New York Ralph Rice's home in northwestern Ohio, Chris Pidcock's place in southern Ohio and to see Jerry Hicks in Kentucky. In June and July I’ll be going to the Montana Mule Days in Hamilton, Mont., the Draft Cattle Symposium at Tillers International in Scots, Mich., Kiester Farming of Yesteryear Horse and Mule show in Kiester, Minn., Farm Team Competition in New Virginia, Ia., and the Historic Construction Equipment Show in Concordia, Kans. —jm

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