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nella(Pa) 
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Posted: 19 Apr 2022 at 6:57pm |
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shameless dude
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Posted: 19 Apr 2022 at 8:11pm |
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i've always loved watching them in action!
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DMiller
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Posted: 19 Apr 2022 at 8:18pm |
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Only bad thing of a draft animal, they have a inane sense of demanding obedience and working to prove themselves, right to that point they work to death. Great uncle had Grays, always worked them as a team with a mule, mule would work until worn slick but stopped before did injury, basically time to unhitch team and rest.
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LouSWPA
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Posted: 19 Apr 2022 at 9:13pm |
what was the purpose of the whirling cone of sticks contraption at about 9:40?
And anyone have an idea what the animals cut of production was?
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nella(Pa)
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Posted: 20 Apr 2022 at 5:25am |
 LouSWPA wrote:
what was the purpose of the whirling cone of sticks contraption at about 9:40?
And anyone have an idea what the animals cut of production was? |
That machine digging potatoes.
And the animals , their next meal?? 
Edited by nella(Pa) - 21 Apr 2022 at 6:50am
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Ted J
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Posted: 20 Apr 2022 at 5:50am |
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Worst part of my day was cultivating corn with them. Talk about a boring day!
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Ray54
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Posted: 20 Apr 2022 at 10:48am |
Horses eat a 1000 lbs of hay a month just standing around. If you put them to work you need to feed more. An of course the bigger horses eat more than a little one.
Many old timers stories I have read say that farming in the arid west was just a get buy thing having to raise feed for horses.
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Darrell G (MN)
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Posted: 20 Apr 2022 at 9:05pm |
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That whirly bird thing was a potato digger, watch further in the video and you will see people picking up taters and putting them in a bag.
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LouSWPA
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Posted: 20 Apr 2022 at 10:57pm |
Ray54 wrote:
Horses eat a 1000 lbs of hay a month just standing around. If you put them to work you need to feed more. An of course the bigger horses eat more than a little one.
Many old timers stories I have read say that farming in the arid west was just a get buy thing having to raise feed for horses.
Thanks Ray, that was what I was curious about, what percent of the harvest went back to the hay/oat burners |
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LouSWPA
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Posted: 20 Apr 2022 at 11:00pm |
Darrell G (MN) wrote:
That whirly bird thing was a potato digger, watch further in the video and you will see people picking up taters and putting them in a bag.My first thought was peanuts, as I did see the folks gathering in paper bags, but I didn't think peanuts grew that far north. the separation method seemed a but harsh for 'taters. |
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LouSWPA
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Posted: 20 Apr 2022 at 11:06pm |
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Horses were pretty much gone from the farms by the time I came along, at least around here. But, there was one fellow not far from here who had a few acres, and he worked them with a team of draft horses. I remember dad saying that the horses were his pets/hobby and he raised just enough to support his horses
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I am still confident of this;
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27
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CrestonM
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Posted: 21 Apr 2022 at 2:29pm |
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Great-great-grandpa had a team of Percherons that he used to build a road. The state was building a highway and hired farmers and their horses to do the work. I forget the exact pay, but grandpa made “x” dollars and his horses earned nearly double. I guess because they were the ones moving the dirt.
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