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  • October 20, 2010 at 4:38 pm #42053
    Livewater Farm
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    neighbpor came by this morning and asked for a load of manure for his garden I HAD JUST CLEANED THE COW BARN AND SAID i WOULD BE OVER SHORTLY harnessed and hooked the mares to the 80 bushel speader that was full but not topped off we haed out across a 10 acre hay field thru my wooods road and amile later we were at his garden westepped into the garden I but the spreader in gear took about ten steps and sunk to the hubs well I tell you I was not looking forward to shveling out hte spreader to lighten the load we sat there for a minute or two and talked it over me and the mares and decided to giv eit a try spoke to the mares and they leaned into the collars the spreader moved but the off mare went to her knees we collected ourselves and thought we would give it one more try now the mares are hooked to this spreader almost every day so they know what is all about I asked them to go both went for it the spreader moved and we went the length of the garden before we found dry ground to get out of there we rested headedto the hay field to spread the rest of the load and headed home at a leisurely pace I was so proud of those mares I sat high and straight inthe seat all the way home

    heart and trust
    Bill

    October 20, 2010 at 5:09 pm #62732
    grey
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    I don’t mind saying, Bill, that my throat got a little tight reading that.

    October 20, 2010 at 10:22 pm #62736
    mitchmaine
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    Hey bill,
    Hard to get the same satisfaction out of a tractor, ain’t it?
    When you know your horses and what they are capable of doing, and they know the tone of your voice and trust you not to get ‘em in trouble, when you do ask them to give it up, there is always this little extra something that comes from who knows where. And that’s the beauty of it for me.
    Different from hauling back on the throttle of the tractor and digging a deeper hole.

    Thanks for your story, and thanks for introducing yourself there Saturday over at tunbridge. Nice to meet you.

    mitch

    October 21, 2010 at 3:21 pm #62725
    Livewater Farm
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    Mitch never had to quite test the mares in that kind of situation poor footing heavy load and stuck in the muck plus daydreaming driver

    they certainly went up a couple of notches in my mind can not wait for the morons (morgan * percheron crosses) to pop out this spring and see what we get for a new team
    Bill

    October 21, 2010 at 4:21 pm #62733
    grey
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    I have heard that is a heck of a cross, Bill. Who’d you chose as a sire? Is he one of the old style?

    October 21, 2010 at 6:21 pm #62726
    Livewater Farm
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    Grey a friend of mine hear in vt has been cross breeding his percherons for years now with old style morgan studs producing some quality animals after not being able to find a percheron stud that was not up on stilts I decided to go and breed to his stud hoping for a good junky team had a pair in the past and really liked them time will tell
    Bill

    October 23, 2010 at 5:06 pm #62727
    Livewater Farm
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    picture of those mares and spreader

    October 23, 2010 at 5:33 pm #62728
    Livewater Farm
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    wrong picture trying to figure this out

    October 23, 2010 at 6:13 pm #62731
    Jean
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    That is the nicest looking manure spreader I have seen!

    October 23, 2010 at 6:56 pm #62730
    Rod
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    Pretty sharp looking.

    October 23, 2010 at 11:54 pm #62734
    dominiquer60
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    Those mares are a nice size and with their attitudes they should make some real nice chunks:)

    October 24, 2010 at 12:52 am #62724
    Carl Russell
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    I must say that is one sharp looking outfit…. and the cheerful salute from the dapper teamster tops it off.

    Thanks for the image Bill, Carl

    November 8, 2010 at 11:37 am #62737
    jac
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    Experienced another dose of the heart and trust in our draft animals today… My daughter and Caitlyn took the mares out to try the new plow {fotos to follow when I start to make a job that doesnt look like a quarry:o}.. Anyway… we finally got it going not to bad. About 30′ out from an old beech tree we hit a root. The horses felt it a split second before me and “changed gear”. the shear bolt broke with a bang and they lunged forward.. not from fright but from the forward momentum of their extra pull… as soon as I called a woa they stood totally still. I was so proud of the way they handled it. Belle ,the youngster, took to walking in the furrow really quick.. Caitlyn was less than complementary of the plowing……
    John

    November 11, 2010 at 11:52 am #62735
    Rod44
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    Nice horses!

    September 30, 2011 at 4:48 pm #62729
    Livewater Farm
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    offering this pair of canadian bred percheron mares for sale see thumbnails this pair has done everything from sleigh rides ,feeding cattle . making hay etc will hitch to everything this is a heads up pair of mares that knows how to cover ground work all day and do it in style only selling to make time to work other horses
    Bill
    802 387 4412

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