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Rural Heritage
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Love Draft Horses and Mules? Like to see how rural work was done in the past - and today? Interested in the rural heritage of the United States?
Joe Mischka travels the country in search of people who are doing just that - and filming them while doing it. Watch past episodes of our weekly show Rural Heritage on RFD-TV as well as some short raw footage from Joe's travels.
We have DIY videos, draft horse, mule and donkey events, Heritage events showcasing the ways our ancestors worked on their farms, draft animal powered logging, wagon trains, and more.
Since 1976, Rural Heritage magazine has been providing information to people interested in using draft animal power on their farms and in their forests. As small-scaled diversified family farming and homesteading gains popularity in the US, we are here to show how to go back to the land and compete successfully with your “modern” neighbors while leaving a legacy of fertility for coming generations.
Joe Mischka travels the country in search of people who are doing just that - and filming them while doing it. Watch past episodes of our weekly show Rural Heritage on RFD-TV as well as some short raw footage from Joe's travels.
We have DIY videos, draft horse, mule and donkey events, Heritage events showcasing the ways our ancestors worked on their farms, draft animal powered logging, wagon trains, and more.
Since 1976, Rural Heritage magazine has been providing information to people interested in using draft animal power on their farms and in their forests. As small-scaled diversified family farming and homesteading gains popularity in the US, we are here to show how to go back to the land and compete successfully with your “modern” neighbors while leaving a legacy of fertility for coming generations.
Learning to Plow with a Donkey Team
Bob Erickson teaches a multi-day class at Tillers International in Scots, Mich., about using a walking plow behind a team of donkeys. He covers how to adjust the harness and set the plow as well as other considerations.
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Thiebaud Farmstead Hay Press Barn
zhlédnutí 3,1KPřed 7 hodinami
At the 2024 Hay Day at the Theibauld Homestead near Vevay , Ind., the Switzerland County Historical Society demonstrated the hay press barn that was used almost 200 years ago to create large hay bales that were then taken down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to the Gulf of Mexico and then sailed up the eastern seaboard where they were used to feed the thousands of draft animals used in the citi...
Forging Wall Sconce
zhlédnutí 810Před 7 hodinami
Singing Blacksmith Bryan Dale Headley demonstrates how to forge a wall sconce to hold a candle.
Forging a Hinge Part 2
zhlédnutí 463Před dnem
Singing Blacksmith Bryan Dale Headley shows us how he finishes forging a door hinge using traditional blacksmith methods.
Forging a Hinge - Part 1
zhlédnutí 793Před 21 dnem
Bryan Dale Headley, the Singing Blacksmith, shows us how he makes a Colonial Williamsburg style door hinge in two parts. This first part shows him fashioning the legs of the hinge. We'll have part 2 next week.
Jeff Ferge and John Walker Logging
zhlédnutí 3,1KPřed měsícem
We spent a couple hours with Jeff Ferge and John Walker in southwest Tennessee to watch them log with their Belgian draft horses using log wagons and cross haul loading method.
Horse Progress Days Highlights 2024
zhlédnutí 56KPřed měsícem
It was a hot day in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as vendors, teamsters, horses and mules gathered at the 2024 Horse Progress grounds. We are set up to offer books and magazine subscriptions from our Rural Heritage booth and took a few moments to film some of the horses, mules and equipment to work in the field, including a 12-horse hitch on a 3-bottom gang plow, four abreast mules spreading ...
Ben Burgess Horse Logging
zhlédnutí 5KPřed měsícem
Ben Burgess of Russell Springs, Ky., takes a team of Suffolk Punch draft horses into the woods where he harvests timber on a steep hillside.
Zach Odom Logging
zhlédnutí 2,3KPřed 2 měsíci
Zach Odom of Morrison, Tenn., shows us how he uses mules as part of his mixed-power logging operation. You can see more of his stuff on his CZcams channel: www.youtube.com/@UCZTJz-A5wPNTNZ0-1L7ANyg
Hamilton 2024 Mow Day
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 2 měsíci
Every summer, a group of teamsters gather at the Northwest Missouri Steam and Gas Engine Show grounds in Hamilton, Missouri, to mow the tall grass covering the grounds with their horses and mules.
Coley Farm Restoration
zhlédnutí 3,8KPřed 2 měsíci
John Coley shows us around the farm he recently purchased in Fleming County and explains the changes he plans to make.
Chainsaw Collectors
zhlédnutí 1,3KPřed 2 měsíci
Two men, one from Iowa and another from Minnesota, have built large collections of vintage chainsaws and chainsaw-related items. They share their collection with us and explain how it all got started.
Hay Press Barn at Theibauld Homestead, Vevay, Ind.
zhlédnutí 133KPřed 3 měsíci
At the 2024 Hay Day at the Theibauld Homestead near Vevay , Ind., the Switzerland County Historical Society demonstrated the hay press barn that was used almost 200 years ago to create large hay bales that were then taken down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to the Gulf of Mexico and then sailed up the eastern seaboard where they were used to feed the thousands of draft animals used in the citi...
Horse Logging Teaching Day
zhlédnutí 2,8KPřed 3 měsíci
Jason Julian organized a day where a number of horse loggers went to the woods to learn from one another, get some timber to the landing, tell stories, jokes and have a chili lunch in the woods.
Oaklawn Farm and other historic Lancaster Barns
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Oaklawn Farm and other historic Lancaster Barns
Carriages of Acadia - Part 2: The Roads
zhlédnutí 2KPřed 6 měsíci
Carriages of Acadia - Part 2: The Roads
2023 Pendleton Round Up Rodeo Wagons Ho Parade
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 7 měsíci
2023 Pendleton Round Up Rodeo Wagons Ho Parade
You are amazing!!!
Bruh I got scammed, these ain’t antique farm equipment
You spare no effort, your light-colored mules are large and very beautiful, I really like this animal , thanks
Sorry but those horses should be in a pasture or paddock. I don't like the way work horses are treated at all.
Hi, I live 30 minutes away from Vevey (Switzerland) and I do also press hay manually, albeit not with a stationary one. From Vevey, we would not ship hay, but indeed fine Gruyère cheese towards Lyon further down on the Rhone river. Very interesting to learn that the idea of pressing square bales has been around since the early 19th century.
Early rendition of the current press of how cardboard is compressed.
I could easily spend an hour or more in each barn taking it all in. I'm less than hour from Lancaster county in Chester county, there is so much history in eastern Penn. I remember an old episode of This Old House, Bob toured some old barns, one of the barns was made of walnut, the whole barn. They built the barns out of the wood that on the property.
I love this! So nice to see this old device in operation. It's better than a museum.
Hay that's not thoroughly dry will burn your barn down. 'Wet' hay still gets baled from time to time (and burns barns down), and I'm sure it did back then, too. But those old farmers were experienced enough to know that the hay needed to be good and dry before they put it in the barn. (I've seen a stack of loose hay heat up in the middle and turn black, although it didn't burst into flames, thankfully.)
Impressive. Beats loose hay for space in the barn.
I just read this in your magazine. Very nice to watch this too
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great job. I love what you’re doing.
Thanks so much!
Thanks for showing this
Thank you for showing how to build that
Where?
The music ruins the video - you can't hear anything being talked about.
He's has some really cool wagons. That was interesting how three different manufacturer's used the same colors for their wagons. You'd think they would each want their own colors.
Love to see horse drawn implements at work! Reminds me of a simpler time.
This is the way me and my family grew up. Im only 58 and we were considered HOMESTEADERS. we plowed our gardens, cut down big trees for fire wood with mules. Everything had to do with our mules and riding horses. Hard work, but worth every bit of sweat, tears.
Sorry tampon tim should been helping farms not putting tampons in boy bathrooms
He needs to show how to make the wooden frame for the mules
Great video. Thank you.
Mt Hope, Ohio.
8/11/2024 I heard a story on the radio WVPB a program called Inside Appalachia about the American Brabant and the qualities that make it perfect for mountain farmers, short, heavy, and good nature. And a breeder bringing them back, in Wytheville VA.
Great video. It's great that they are willing to use their money to preserve a piece of history for generations to come. It would nice if there was trust to make sure there will always be money to maintain the mill for many years to come.
idk why they have to go thru the whole mess of tying up two horse to drag a bale of hay lol
Beautiful mule team
I've seen a bunch of wagon wheels made, normally to put the tire on, they get it very hot so it expands, put it on the wheel then cool it off with water, and it shrinks onto the wood wheel. It appears to me that machine compressed the tire onto the wheel, is that what was happening?
I'm 40 minuets from this place, I'll have to take a ride.
Nice team super harness beautiful job plowing , you make it look really easy lol ❤❤❤😊
Zack your donkey doesn't want to be in that center stall move her to either end,and you will never have a problem getting her into the stall. If you want to work the fear out of her hang a plastic bag a shopping bag in fact,with a little water in it up in the corner of her stall.Make sure she can't get to it and get her used to it first of course, but just the idea of it hanging in her stall will straighten her out if the bag makes a lot of noise when the wind hits it in a week's time she'll be fine
There beautiful ❤️ I wonder if there's somewhere around where I live that have draft horses that I can look at I've never seen him in person and I would so love to see them and pet them and kiss them they're supposed to be gentle so why not!
The left rein is on the left horse and the right rein on the right horse❤ I don't the middle horse has reins Is that the answer that you're looking for??
Sir.i like this work and ur horse👍
Horsepower
Nice to see a blacksmith at his best. Thanks👍👍
Yes! Bryan has demonstrated a lot of interesting project
Love this. Real world skills. Love the horses.
ok very good.
What grass are you putting up?
Aww I hope this gentleman got all healed up and back to riding his beloved horses.
Great content! Please ask him to write out all of the books he recomends
This lady is good
Gosh those are some real nice horses (pretty)
Watching videos like this kinda makes me sad. This brings back so many memories for me . I have taught myself to can but the new generation isn’t interested in this and I feel like our history is being lost
would be nice if jeff could give a close up on how the chains are setup to pull logs up on the log trailer
This is so much better than a bunch of loud, smoking machines tearing the forest up. Good job, men and teams.
Yep
Unreal that was great footage. Thank you so much for doing what you're doing on rural heritage. John made a mistake twice and said the team doing fine it was me who made the mistake. Is sign of a man able to control his temper very impressive. Great lesson for the young men out there including myself that gets frustrated quick.
Yes sir
Glad you enjoyed it
What a delight to view! Great work fellas!
Thanks so much
Always a pleasure to watch a good team in the woods
sweet thanks
You bet!