David Heisler with two of his Suffolk Punch draft horses, Bud (left) and Doc, at the Artisan Festival at the Canterbury Shaker Village on Saturday, September 15, 2018. Credit: GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor ...
The large horse breeds your grandparents raised are still the best for small farmsteads. Our illustrated guide will help you choose which breed is right for yours. Near extinction, this is America’s ...
The majestic American Cream draft horse is an endangered breed. Originally developed in Iowa, the American Cream is the only draft horse created in the United States. This horse is known for its ...
Have you ever encountered one of the biggest horse breeds? Many of these tall, broad equines are draft horses. Due to their history, which is mostly rooted in working the land, you don’t see as many ...
The plow cuts into the earth, turning soil that is the same deep brown hue as the giant horses pulling the antique farm machinery. "Haw," calls out Maddie Schill, and the team of Brabant draft horses, ...
The plow cuts into the earth, turning soil that is the same deep brown hue as the giant horses pulling the antique farm machinery. "Haw," calls out Maddie Schill, and the team of Brabant draft horses, ...
Learn about the British draft horse breed, its physical strength and the farm capabilities of the Suffolk punch horse bred for work on the farm. “Come up, gentlemen,” says Jason Rutledge. The two red ...
UNION GAP, Wash. -- Before automated and tractor-drawn plows were all the rage, farmers typically prepped their fields for the growing season by using plows that were pulled by a team of horses. But ...
Heather and John Erskine have a two-horsepower rig that doesn't go very fast, but it can go just about anywhere, haul just about anything, and gets better mileage than anything on the market. And ...
The strongest horse breeds in the world weren’t built overnight. Generations of selective breeding and hard labor shaped them into muscular workhorses that could pull, carry, and endure more than most ...
Picture the kind of farmer who relies on horses, not a tractor, to plow his fields, and your mind’s eye probably conjures a conservative Amish gentleman or some Colonial Williamsburg curator in full ...
Horses are admired for their strength, grace, and versatility, but some breeds take admiration to new heights—literally. The world’s largest horse breeds, often standing over 16 hands (64 inches) tall ...