Small Farmer's Journal

Moving steadily down the field, the two mule, one mare team pulled the one bottom riding plow easily. Early spring plowing of corn stubble is an easy job – unless the staulks catch on the plow and cause a plug up. In the middle, the mare, perhaps 16.2 hands tall, Liver for her color, almost exactly like fresh cut liver. To her left, in the furrow is Jack, a red mule about 16 hands.

Timothy is well adapted to the cool, humid climate of the Northeastern and North Central States and also to the mountain valleys of the rocky Mountains and the coastal region of the pacific Northwest. It grows better on clay loams than on the lighter-textured sandy soils. Throughout the area to which it is adapted, it is more extensively grown for hay, either alone or in a mixtu...

We often brought orphan lambs or weak calves in to warm up and doctor. We also had a cat living in the house for a few weeks, but – the first real housepet we ever had was a Guinea Pig.

In a world of screens, notifications, and the pressure to multi-task, sheep shearing is a refreshing diversion from the digital world. It requires a great deal of both intention and attention, and there is something romantic about focusing on a task where you have to be both strong and delicate in your movements.

American Harrow From Over a Hundred Years Ago