Row Crops: Beans, Potatoes, and Sunflowers at Sterling College

As part of our continued interest in using draft animals as primary source of traction on the farm, I have recently introduced a horse-drawn tillage laboratory to our curriculum which includes row crops such as potatoes, beans, sunflowers, and corn. Students learn how to use horsedrawn equipment for tillage, cultivation, and harvesting. Occasionally, a plant or two gets damaged--I have learned that the best teacher is direct feedback as a new skill is being taught--students always keep a great sense of humor as they continue down the row. Clearly, students enjoy this time discovering a wonderful relationship between the horses, the equipment, and themselves.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Farming
• Agriculture
• Sustainability
• Sustainable
• Education
• Sterling
• College

[drafthorselover]

What a beautiful farm! Hooray for your efforts to promote tried and true methods.

[VTwanderer]

This college should allow Volunteers, i mean after all you are basicly a Laborer working in a hot field. I'd Volunteer for this stuff. I can swing a pick axe all day and have alot of energy, just let people do this stuff for free!! I Cleared a 20x25 area of Glaciel Till Tunbridge Soil behind my house for a garden, did it all by hand with no power tools. Rah!

[YourGardenShow]

The crops look great! Love that you are using horse drawn tillage and harvest methods.

[lizbrunelle]

I go to this college

[Nilyentaraka]

Oh, how I badly wish I could attend this College! T_T