When We Farmed with Horses part 2

This film focuses on the draft horse, around which agricultural practices of the Midwest developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Comments on the evolution of equipment, seasonal activities, and the combination of frustrations and pride in workmanship which characterized farming during that period.

Awards: CINE Golden Eagle Award

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Category:

Education

Tags:

• Iowa Stat University
• Farm
• Horses
• Agriculture
• Rural Life
• Cine

[dave4854]

I can relate to everything done on the videos, It's great that someone took the time to record the old way of doing things, we done everything with horses till the early 50s except getting wood out and spreading the manure, we used horses till about 1964. the first engine on our place was just before WW2 and it was a stationary hit and miss engine just to run the chopper blower and the threshing machine,

[marginallymental]

that is SO COOL! It's harder now. I STILL have to get out and open the gate, but I can't tell the SUV to scoot on in there by itself! Just kidding---I know the energy use was more immediate (all that winter silage you had to put up for them, as opposed to the concentrated energy of gasoline)--I know there will always be tradeoffs, but HECK! I wish I could shoo my SUV thru the gate!