I get it. A lot of people who know nothing about horses, equipment etc are looking to get into this and they don't know why there is a tray here, a ring there, etc. And a lot of that knowledge has just past away, without being past on. My own father doesn't bother to write down his way of doing something that I think is great and other people could use it too. At 93, he thinks I'm just strange. I love your seat for the disk - great recycling, good comfort, safe place for grandkids to keep you company when they want to see/come/help (and they are great for opening and shutting gates too) and it's just too useful to dump it in a landfill! Your video came up and played while I wrote this. The wind in the mic made me shiver. Thanks for the trip back to my past
wonderful to see well managed drafts being usd for what they were bred and well cared for and happy working. Also happy to see they all 3 have their tails left in tact. My draft does as well. Those are some REALLY long rows,
What country was this video produced in, interesting to see that farmers in some parts of the world are still using equipment that tractors have mostly replaced. Nice to see the skills of the past generations still being used and kept alive.
Big Sky country - where my Dad is from. My mom liked it when I was a kid and we went to visit his family. I've always felt a little too esposed, naked if you will. I'm in Southern Ontario now, but grew up where the Great Lakes meet. Always feel safer when I'm surrounded by rocks and trees. Can't plow a furrow as long as yours, though
That’s some lovely looking soil. I wonder if I could use the same equipment with two draught on my little 20 acre farm in Nova Scotia? Would two horses be enough?
Actually 3 horses isnt enough if you are doing anything other than playing. 3 on a 1 bottom riding plow is standard if you actually want to get any work done. I pull a 1 bottom with 2 horses but I only plow a couple of acres.
Hard to keep the horse on the right in the furrow along with the right wheel, it takes a while for the team to get the hang of it. I use to fix my eyes on a curtain spot & try to line it up with the end of the tongue on my first pass. Just a suggestion, ya might want to change the tongue to a wooden beam, it's easier on the horses, a little more flexibility, oak or hickory preferably....
Ha, ha, ha, love it. Great to mess with their minds a little sometimes. Keeps them fresh and thinking, especially for your poor beasts, with the same view for miles, nothing new to look at. By time you get there, you've been watching it for an hour already. Not quite as restricted a view as yours though. You could watch a few of the 'fancy' dressage grooming videos, add some 'arrow heads ' or 'checkerboards' on their rumps, or even borrow the maple leaf stencil from the Mounties to make yours more interesting ....but then again, they may become the laughing stock of the herd, if you forgot to smooth the hair back again before putting them up for the night. Just kidding you, I'm jealous and would love to be in your shoes for a day or too. Don't think my body would like it too much, though. Give them a scratch behind the ears and a good rub in the hollow of the hip for me..
One more question, your two blacks, are they black Clydesdales? They look too small and the head's not right for a Shire, are they a cross with Shires or Clydes? They are a really nice looking team.
As far as I know they are Belgian, the gentleman who drives them has dealt with them almost exclusively all his career, although he also has stabled Percheron's since they get along well and have almost identical characteristics.
Rainhill1829 no, they must have a lot of either Clydesdale or Shire blood because of their feathered legs and feet. Shires come in all colours but they are the largest breed of heavy horse normally found in North America. They also have a large 'coarse' head with a pronounced Roman nose. I have only ever seen one team, that I knew were Shires and they were in upper New York state. The Clydesdale is most famously represented by the Budwizer teams that are used in advertisement for their beer. Although not represented on the beer commercial teams, Clydesdales often are roan and can have large white patches on their bellies that can extend up over their flanks. Very rarely the body colour can extend right down to the feet. I saw one at a fall fair in southern Ontario that was quite striking with his one red feathered foreleg. Even more rare are the black Clydesdales. There is a multimillionaire who has invested a lot of money in restoring them and has used them in commercials and has set up a team of eight ( I may be wrong here and it may be only 6) to make appearances as advertising for his company. The name escapes me at this 'senior' momment, but I believe his company supplied employees on short term contracts, or found employees for firms that can't afford a human resources department. I think it started with a R. Back to the Belgian....they used to come in many colours, including blue and brown or red roan as well as the sorrel colour that you see on the third horse of this three horse team. They used to be quite a bit smaller than the Shire, and somewhat smaller than the Clyde, thus the reason for having/needing different breeds, they were like your different sized tractors. Americans strongly favored the sorrel colour with the flaxen manes and tails, so much so, that all the other colours were breed out. The 'original' Belgian, now known as the Barbrant ( I'm not sure of the spelling today ), is making a come back because of it's popularity in the green movement, back to small farms that are organic or green. They are the gentle giants of old, come most commanly in a dark red roan colour, although blues are common and are my personal favourite colour. They are powerfully built with shorter, thicker legs than those found on most modern heavy breeds and they are smart and willing and sensible and easily handled by people with less 'horse sense' then that required to handle the hotter temperaments bred into the modern American Belgian, that done to increase his 'showy-ness' in the show ring to be able to compete with the high stepping Percherons and the flashy 'pants' of the Clydes. So, I hope you can see why I would be so interested to know what blood flows in the black team. I was hoping to hear that it was a black Clyde team, that someone else had been bitten by the black bug and was picking up the reins to drive them a little further yet from extinction. If you are able to find out, I would appreciate you passing the information along, even if they are not as I would wish. Thanks for taking the time to respond.
Great history lesson, most of my experience is with the iron machines that replaced these teams. I will inquire about the team the next time I am out for a visit, they are only a few miles away, he may have adopted another breed this time.
Rainhill1829 thanks, I really would appreciate it. I've gone back to the black Clyde breeder videos - it is Express Employees and he does run 8 horse teams in parades....and his 2 wheel horses have one black leg each, I think I remember it being the right front. I wonder if they are brothers?, I'll have to ask. They also compete in 6 horse hitches. Another fact about the Clyde is it's leg length. Proportionally, their legs are longer, which gives them, on average, a longer stride, thus you get the field plowed a little faster than you did if you were using Percherons or Belgians. The modern Belgian has been bred to have a longer, trimer leg than it once had, making them a bit taller than they used to be. Percherons are high steppers which looks really flashy in the show ring, but this high knee action actually slows their stride a bit as in 'what goes up, must come down' takes just that little bit longer and when you are forced to walk, as in when you are pulling a plow, the Clydesdales can get the job done sooner. There is a farm, though, near Edmonton, I think, that calls themselves Hitch Masters....and they really are... they will commonly hitch up 50 Percherons to pull some piece of equipment down the field, down the road, around a corner and into the driveway!. It is really something to see him get this many horses around a 90 degree corner...truly awesome and something I'd like to see in real life someday soon, perhaps next year. How he has the finesse to communicate to his leaders over the backs of all the horses in between, the length and weight of the reins?? Heck, I'm not sure he can even see them without binoculars . ...it is truly awesome.
So cool. What a great way of life. I look forward to getting back to my roots.
I get it. A lot of people who know nothing about horses, equipment etc are looking to get into this and they don't know why there is a tray here, a ring there, etc. And a lot of that knowledge has just past away, without being past on. My own father doesn't bother to write down his way of doing something that I think is great and other people could use it too. At 93, he thinks I'm just strange. I love your seat for the disk - great recycling, good comfort, safe place for grandkids to keep you company when they want to see/come/help (and they are great for opening and shutting gates too) and it's just too useful to dump it in a landfill! Your video came up and played while I wrote this. The wind in the mic made me shiver. Thanks for the trip back to my past
That's beautiful, thanks so much, we filmed in April so it was properly cool in the evening, horses liked it though.
Two plowshares on that plow! Two times the work and half the time with one ( and a half ) teams! Now that's a move up in technology.
What beautiful soil. So cool to see the horses pulling the plow. Hang onto your tools. At some point we won't have fossil fuel to power machines.
Very true, were pretty lucky living in the top of the Palliser Triangle, our soil is fortunately very good.
We had a big Clyde who made it an art to keep his feet in the furrow, one in front of the last. His big feet just fit perfectly to our plow 's shoe
wonderful to see well managed drafts being usd for what they were bred and well cared for and happy working. Also happy to see they all 3 have their tails left in tact. My draft does as well.
Those are some REALLY long rows,
Yeah they where pulling the length of a full quarter section. Thanks for watching.
I really like this metod of plowing fields
That sure is one big field
What country was this video produced in, interesting to see that farmers in some parts of the world are still using equipment that tractors have mostly replaced. Nice to see the skills of the past generations still being used and kept alive.
Thanks for watching, this footage was shot in western Canada.
Big Sky country - where my Dad is from. My mom liked it when I was a kid and we went to visit his family. I've always felt a little too esposed, naked if you will. I'm in Southern Ontario now, but grew up where the Great Lakes meet. Always feel safer when I'm surrounded by rocks and trees. Can't plow a furrow as long as yours, though
That’s some lovely looking soil.
I wonder if I could use the same equipment with two draught on my little 20 acre farm in Nova Scotia? Would two horses be enough?
Actually 3 horses isnt enough if you are doing anything other than playing. 3 on a 1 bottom riding plow is standard if you actually want to get any work done. I pull a 1 bottom with 2 horses but I only plow a couple of acres.
Y alguien sabe en qué país es allí y que fecha? Gracias 👍👋
could you help to find such equipment to buy or some schemes how it is built, in order to built myself: plow with seat etc. thanks.
Internet is the best resource, search local auctions and estate sales for good used equipment, a few companies still built these machines as new.
A few rocks in the trays of the disks would make them work a little deeper (better)
Sometimes we load it up, but they where just doing a training run that day so we decided to keep it light.
How do you decide who gets a pad under the collar? Beautiful animals.
I believe it was a sizing thing, one was a bit younger and hadn't fully grown into it yet.
Hard to keep the horse on the right in the furrow along with the right wheel, it takes a while for the team to get the hang of it. I use to fix my eyes on a curtain spot & try to line it up with the end of the tongue on my first pass. Just a suggestion, ya might want to change the tongue to a wooden beam, it's easier on the horses, a little more flexibility, oak or hickory preferably....
Normally we use wood, this day we just cobbled together the rig to see if they where up to pulling it.
Your Belgian really doesn't like to walk on broken earth. Funny how some horses don't mind, some like it and others...
They spend most of their time pulling hay carts on hard surfaces, it's not often they play in the dirt for work time.
Ha, ha, ha, love it. Great to mess with their minds a little sometimes. Keeps them fresh and thinking, especially for your poor beasts, with the same view for miles, nothing new to look at. By time you get there, you've been watching it for an hour already. Not quite as restricted a view as yours though. You could watch a few of the 'fancy' dressage grooming videos, add some 'arrow heads ' or 'checkerboards' on their rumps, or even borrow the maple leaf stencil from the Mounties to make yours more interesting ....but then again, they may become the laughing stock of the herd, if you forgot to smooth the hair back again before putting them up for the night. Just kidding you, I'm jealous and would love to be in your shoes for a day or too. Don't think my body would like it too much, though. Give them a scratch behind the ears and a good rub in the hollow of the hip for me..
Mr. Goertzen, how old are you sir. You remind me of how my Dad used to speak of hosses and mules.
Very good I am fron BHARAT I like ploughing have a beauty power hourse which type hourse & which your country thank for sharing
Thanks for watching, this is in western Canada.
Were was this filmed? Looks like north of Airdrie.
Nailed it, just west of Carstairs.
This great horse speaks Belgian? Or is it Dutch? French? Anyhow...smart horse!
LOL.
Is this the first day you plowed let alone with horses?
Yes on both accounts.
One more question, your two blacks, are they black Clydesdales? They look too small and the head's not right for a Shire, are they a cross with Shires or Clydes? They are a really nice looking team.
As far as I know they are Belgian, the gentleman who drives them has dealt with them almost exclusively all his career, although he also has stabled Percheron's since they get along well and have almost identical characteristics.
Rainhill1829 no, they must have a lot of either Clydesdale or Shire blood because of their feathered legs and feet. Shires come in all colours but they are the largest breed of heavy horse normally found in North America. They also have a large 'coarse' head with a pronounced Roman nose. I have only ever seen one team, that I knew were Shires and they were in upper New York state. The Clydesdale is most famously represented by the Budwizer teams that are used in advertisement for their beer. Although not represented on the beer commercial teams, Clydesdales often are roan and can have large white patches on their bellies that can extend up over their flanks. Very rarely the body colour can extend right down to the feet. I saw one at a fall fair in southern Ontario that was quite striking with his one red feathered foreleg. Even more rare are the black Clydesdales. There is a multimillionaire who has invested a lot of money in restoring them and has used them in commercials and has set up a team of eight ( I may be wrong here and it may be only 6) to make appearances as advertising for his company. The name escapes me at this 'senior' momment, but I believe his company supplied employees on short term contracts, or found employees for firms that can't afford a human resources department. I think it started with a R. Back to the Belgian....they used to come in many colours, including blue and brown or red roan as well as the sorrel colour that you see on the third horse of this three horse team. They used to be quite a bit smaller than the Shire, and somewhat smaller than the Clyde, thus the reason for having/needing different breeds, they were like your different sized tractors. Americans strongly favored the sorrel colour with the flaxen manes and tails, so much so, that all the other colours were breed out. The 'original' Belgian, now known as the Barbrant ( I'm not sure of the spelling today ), is making a come back because of it's popularity in the green movement, back to small farms that are organic or green. They are the gentle giants of old, come most commanly in a dark red roan colour, although blues are common and are my personal favourite colour. They are powerfully built with shorter, thicker legs than those found on most modern heavy breeds and they are smart and willing and sensible and easily handled by people with less 'horse sense' then that required to handle the hotter temperaments bred into the modern American Belgian, that done to increase his 'showy-ness' in the show ring to be able to compete with the high stepping Percherons and the flashy 'pants' of the Clydes. So, I hope you can see why I would be so interested to know what blood flows in the black team. I was hoping to hear that it was a black Clyde team, that someone else had been bitten by the black bug and was picking up the reins to drive them a little further yet from extinction. If you are able to find out, I would appreciate you passing the information along, even if they are not as I would wish. Thanks for taking the time to respond.
Great history lesson, most of my experience is with the iron machines that replaced these teams. I will inquire about the team the next time I am out for a visit, they are only a few miles away, he may have adopted another breed this time.
Rainhill1829 thanks, I really would appreciate it. I've gone back to the black Clyde breeder videos - it is Express Employees and he does run 8 horse teams in parades....and his 2 wheel horses have one black leg each, I think I remember it being the right front. I wonder if they are brothers?, I'll have to ask. They also compete in 6 horse hitches. Another fact about the Clyde is it's leg length. Proportionally, their legs are longer, which gives them, on average, a longer stride, thus you get the field plowed a little faster than you did if you were using Percherons or Belgians. The modern Belgian has been bred to have a longer, trimer leg than it once had, making them a bit taller than they used to be. Percherons are high steppers which looks really flashy in the show ring, but this high knee action actually slows their stride a bit as in 'what goes up, must come down' takes just that little bit longer and when you are forced to walk, as in when you are pulling a plow, the Clydesdales can get the job done sooner. There is a farm, though, near Edmonton, I think, that calls themselves Hitch Masters....and they really are... they will commonly hitch up 50 Percherons to pull some piece of equipment down the field, down the road, around a corner and into the driveway!. It is really something to see him get this many horses around a 90 degree corner...truly awesome and something I'd like to see in real life someday soon, perhaps next year. How he has the finesse to communicate to his leaders over the backs of all the horses in between, the length and weight of the reins?? Heck, I'm not sure he can even see them without binoculars . ...it is truly awesome.
I can hear a dust bowl in the background?
LOL, yeah sometimes it can get pretty dust-bowlish during some seasons.
Why do you 3 lines one set is all you need for 3horses 2 bottoms is to much for 3horses
Não acho que estejam a fazer um bom trabalho.
Nós estamos apenas nos divertindo naquele dia.
I prefer Belgians
He uses them as well, they're great.
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