Haying with Draft Horses at Full and By Farm
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- čas přidán 21. 06. 2011
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I'd like to introduce you to one of the lifestyle luxuries we're able to enjoy as year-round residents in Essex, New York. Please meet Sara Kurak and James Graves of Full and By Farm.
We pick up our farm share every Thursday evening, and Sara emails the farm members in the morning to let us know what to expect. The following is an excerpt from the Full and By Farm note for June 17, 2011:
"We are trucking right along this week-moving animals, planting crops, harvesting, weeding, cutting hay, cutting soap, building wagons, enjoying the moderately warm sunshine. This is our first year cutting our own hay and the learning and preparation curves have been steep. Given the uncertain weather predictions for the week and all of our new-to-us equipment we decided to cut one small field on Tuesday and get the process down before going for it whole hog. We took Abby and Lightning out on the horse-drawn mower, selecting the smallest field, but coincidentally the steepest and least rectangular. They took it on like champs, despite several problems with the mower, and the sneaking suspicion that lots of sharp scissors are following right at one's heels. James is out now tedding the field, we plan to rake, bale, pick-up and unload all TODAY."
I shot this short video with on my camera's video setting. The quality's not great, but it affords you an opportunity to come along for a horse drawn hay ride! Enjoy.
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This type of work will keep a young man in good physical condition, far removed from an insurance or car salesman. Hard to believe this type of farming is still going on, I was doing this in the late 1950s, but even then most haying was done by tractor. You are truly keeping a part of American history alive, you are to be admired.
I love to see this simple life - human and animals working together in lovely nature. Thanks for uploading.
You’re welcome. And thank you for such an encouraging comment. Will try to create another one this summer.
I envy them their haying helpers! It is a hard lonely job out there alone in the field...but worse trying to both unload and mow away bales in the barn.
My father farmed with horses in the 20's, 30's, and 40's, as most farmers did at that time. By the time I came along he was farming with tractors so I never had the privilege of driving horses. I rode many, but never drove horses. My father always talked about getting another team, but unfortunately he never got around to it. He kept his harness, and I remember it hanging from the beams in the machine shed when I was a kid. I sure wish he would have bought another team so I could have had the experience. Most old timers I have talked to over the years spoke of how nice it was to do their farm work without the noise of a tractor. They loved their horses. Thanks for posting this video, and thanks for keeping history alive.
+cornshucker77 Glad you enjoyed the video. What happened to the harness? FYI, we have several local farms in Essex, NY essexonlakechamplain.com that are using draft horse power: Full and By Farm, Essex Farm, Reber Rock Farm. I may even have overlooked a farm?!?!
+G.G. Davis, Jr. (virtualDavis) That harness was sold on the farm sale in 1972. Long gone.
+cornshucker77 Same year I was born. Hope it's being put to good use! Many of our local farmers are using equipment for draft farming that was built (and usually retired) long before they were born. What goes around comes around.
I hope it is still working. :-)
+cornshucker77 It sure is!
fond memories of many years ago . growing up on a farm in Illinois. ah the freedom of growing up on a farm.
Thanks for your comment (and nostalgia!) We love living in a town where the past is also the present and future. :-)
can you tell me how much these well trained pure bred dutch or belgian draft horses cost?
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Thank you for sharing
+Nancy Thompson You bet. Thanks for watching the video.
I like this
Excellent.
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nice horses!
Awesome , wish i could be there to help!!
Contact Full & By Farm. I'm sure they'd happily accept your help! ;-)
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Tank you vidéo magnifique merci suisse
You’re welcome. Glad that you enjoyed it.
amazing,Again the horse proving they never did need to be replaced and so disrespecfed,,,by the very race they have always progressed!!!! AMEN!!!!
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They've got a nice quiet team and he handles them very well. Marvin James is right build your stack from the back rather than making layers. If they are going to keep throwing bales up by hand get a sheet of plywood to put on the bales so you get firmer footing. The girls do not need to put all the bales on end, just the first course, lots easier to stack the rest. Really enjoyed the video. Trust me I've done this a million times
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Beautiful pasture, how many acres is that and how much hay does it produce?
+SouthWestIron The farm/farmers in the video are Full and By Farm in Essex, NY, our local CSA. I'll try to remember to ask them the field size and hay output this Thursday when we pick up our share.
Nice. Hanch.....is. It. For. Sale???how. Much???
that life's natural, :)
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Glad you like the video. Hoping to record another horse powered farming clip this summer. Stay tuned…
i remember this without the rubber tires!
A small nod to modern-ish convenience.
good life,,,
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solo me queda felicitar a Sara y James son dos mujeres espectaculares gente enprendedora y que dejan ver su gran voluntad para hacer las cosas manteniendo su gran feminismo que es por lo que las felicito sigan asi chiquillas son las mujeres mas grandes de los estados unidos las felicita un chileno que tambien esw del campo chileno Sur de chile ustedes son las mejores adelante tenian que ser americanas son las mejores, se suda la gota gorda pero vale la pena lo que ustedes muestran es economia
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Glad you enjoyed this horse powered hayride!
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Can you make the bales without petrol?
Yes, horse-drawn balers are still in use in our community and throughout the country.
If you come across any video, let me know
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Farm women get the job done!
Tough women up here in the North Country!
the hay won't fall over if you cross every layer
sorry Faith, that was a lousy stacking job! didn't you notice that all the bales were pointing the same direction 'that's why every time she went to the top of the stack the bale behind would try to roll off on her.Sorry lousy stacking.every other layer should have been stacked across the one below it to tie the stack together.
I was going to say the same thing. Each layer should be in the opposite direction as the previous layer. That way they help hold each other together.
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Horses had to work harder in the past. Imagine pulling a wagon like this without modern wheel bearings.
+rnordquest True, TRUE! Maybe the days were longer? ;-)
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No offense to the nice people playing around with their horses. But I ruined my son's day when I downloaded this video. He knows the very hard work of a real hay day with horses. These people are having fun and that is great. But making a living farming requires a much harder pace all day long. Apparently he feels this pretend farming mocks the hard work involved in real farming.
I’m sorry that your son misunderstood the video. There’s no question that real farming is challenging, I recommend that you and your son get in touch with the friendly, hard-working folks at Full and By Farm for a taste of what their day-to-day looks like. They are the real deal! Day in, day out, year after year. Several other farms in Essex, New York are doing the same thing. It’s truly impressive!
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Mr Brown, it's pretty obvious from wordsmiths post that he is a horse farmer, like myself, and was simply pointing out that most of these folks are playing horse farmer for a day. It has nothing to do with debt, dead soil and Monsanto and everything to do with the difference between playing and actually living it.
I find your foul language absolutely unneeded and offensive.
And truth be told Full and By Farm in Essex, New York is the real deal. Year round, subsistence farming in the Adirondacks! Google them.