Horsedrawn Tillage Tools covers operation, care and repair of animal-powered cultivators, field cultivators, discs, harrows, ridge busters, listers and rollers as well as seedbed preparation and crop cultivation tools. It includes specifics of how animals are hitched and driven with these implements. The chapter on cultivation procedure covers a wide variety of field and row crop operations. The book also contains illustrated information on shovel and point types. Detailed engineer's drawings of John Deere, Oliver, McCormick-Deering, Parlin Orendorf, Avery and many other older manufacturers will be immensely helpful to folks restoring equipment. The book contains over 1,000 photos and illustrations covering the new and the old, the useful and the historic. 370 pages.

Lynn R. Miller's newest addition to his ambitious Work Horse Library. Hot on the heels of the tremendously successful Plows and Haying books, this volume lives up to the standard by offering an exhaustive collection of information on the art of tillage and cultivation along with over a thousand illustrations of discs, harrows, harrow carts, rollers, culti-packers, single row cultivators, straddle row cultivators, and unusual derivatives.

Now is a time of exciting new developments for live animal power. As the numbers of adherents to this way of life grow, ecologically minded farmers in their fields are developing efficient horse-drawn systems, and equipment manufacturers in small shops all across North America and Europe are coming forth with new innovations in ground-drive technology that have us poised on the cusp of another agricultural revolution--with working horses, mules, donkeys, and oxen at the heart of it. --Publisher.

The New Horse-Powered Farm is the first book of its kind, offering wisdom and techniques for using horse power on the small farm or homestead. It sets the stage for incorporating draft power on the farm by presenting necessary information for experienced and novice teamsters alike, including getting started with workhorses; the merits of different draft breeds; various training systems for the horse and teamster; haying with horses, seeding crops, and raising small grains; in-depth coverage of tools and systems; and managing a woodlot, farm economics, education, agritourism, and more. It's a must-have resource for any farmer, homesteader, or teamster seeking to work with draft power in a closed-loop farming system.

Covers how to plow with horses using older equipment and new implements. Here you will find simple diagrams explaining tricky adjustments for both riding and walking plows. Detailed engineer's drawings will be immensely helpful to folks restoring equipment. Also includes close-up photos and information on new makes of animal-drawn plows including Pioneer and White Horse.

Understanding, Evaluating, Rebuilding, Restoring, Tuning, sharpening, and Operating the McCormick Deering- International Number Nine horsedrawn mower and the McCormick Deering Number Seven and John Deere Big Four horsedrawn mowers.

Small Farmer's Journal is after a new view of involvement, ownership, craftsmanship, and the understandable/mysterious seeds of magic. They also seek the craft of good farming and the faith that comes of thankful farming. Small Farmer's Journal wants to be defenders and agents of and for good farming and they realize that they are a small endeavor with small consequences.A practical and comprehensive reference text covering all aspects of haymaking with horses and mules in harness. Offering in-depth information on mowers, rakes, hayloaders, buckrakes, stackers, tracks, and trollies for barns, hay fork systems, balers, wagons, feed sleds, and forecart adaptations. Haying with Horses covers the building of loose hay stacks and wagon loads as well as unloading systems and feeding systems.