cultivating excitment for the Field Days

[Donn Hewes]

For anyone cultivating vegetables with draft animals; or thinking about it, the up coming Field days should be a show not to miss.

Cultivators available for direct comparison will be the good old McCormick Deering two horse, the Pioneer Homesteader, Annie’s All in One; as well as the traditional one horse one row, and the German Mellotte, from Roxbury farm. Along with all this great equipment will be the farmers that use them regularly that can answer questions about set-up and pros and cons.

I know Stephen Leslie, and David Fisher will be talking about the cultivators they use, as well as many other farmers on hand. Tim Biello, who custom rebuilt a cultivator for me, (a real beauty) will around. There will be many folks with tips on how to get them apart and how to get the parts to put them back together.

I hope to see you there. Barton, Vt Sept 28th and 29th.

[Jay]

Some of you may know Ken Laing from St Thomas Ontario, horse powered CSA,grain grower, etc. will also be here, among others. As Donn says, an event not to be missed with lots to see and compare and lots of others of us there to compare notes with… Jay

[Donn Hewes]

Hay Jay, Between you and Ken you would almost think it was a Suffolk horse convention or something. Oh yeah, there is an annual meeting of the Suffolk horse assoc. I hope they don’t find out who I breed my Suffolk mare to!

[Jay]

Why don’t we let them guess?

[dominiquer60]

In order to cultivate with ease it is best to prepare the soil well first. Sam Rich (former National Walking Plow Champion) will be in Barton to demonstrate proper plow set up and use. Turning a clean furrow to your liking is a good start to many a market garden. Sam will be using a pair of horses and a pair of working steers to demonstrate this skill. Sam has been actively helping with a market garden and using his horses to cultivate corn, make hay, log, sugar and anything else that they come in handy for around the family farm. Come see, ask questions and get some tips on how to get a good start to cultivating your crops and relationships with other draft animal folks.

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