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A Century of Belgian Horses in America

Soft cover, 488 pages with well over 900 illustrations taking the breed from its introduction to the United States up to its Centennial Year in 1987. While this book is about the Belgian breed in America, it includes a lot of background information on the entire draft horse trade in our country. Many of individuals who support other breeds...or no breed...will find much of interest in this volume.

A Teamster's View: More And Different

by Steve Bowers

Soft cover, 212 pages. Highly recommended reading for beginning and veteran teamsters alike. Driving instructor/clinician Steve Bowers addresses lateral & longitudinal alignment, collar fitting, suspension in the hitch, trailer loading and more, plus the ingenious bicycle driving simulator he invented. Steve's approach encompasses both natural horsemanship and common sense.

Farming with Horses

by Steve Bowers

If you want to get back to basics and use some real horse power on your farm, Farming with Horses will show you how to hitch your horse to an implement, how to maintain correct lateral and longitudinal alignment with the proper rein grips, how to select your work horses, and provide information on the different harnesses and collars. The easy-to-follow, detailed photos will show you how to accomplish all these tasks and make your work with horses as easy and safe as possible. Whether you have been around horses your entire life or are just starting to work with them, the information provided in this book will allow you to step back in time and work the land with horses as did the early American farmers who first cultivated the land.

Horse Games & Puzzles for Kids

If kids are going to spend their time horsing around, they might as well jump-start their creativity and boost their problem-solving skills at the same time. The book is divided into four sections: Word Play, Picture Puzzles, Fun and Games and Brainteasers. (All answers are included.)

144 pages – b/w illustrations throughout.

Pictures From The Farm

Photography by J.C. Allen & Son, Inc.

Fourteen years ago we carried the first J.C. Allen & Son, Rural Life Photo Service, pictorial in The Draft Horse Journal. This book is not just another pretty face for the coffee table. Nor just a collection of great photographs. It is the best pictorial record of people’s lives down on the farm in the 20th century. The photographs are supported by “just enough” text to enable you to better understand and appreciate what you are looking at. (144 pages – hardcover w/jacket)

Price includes domestic shipping by Priority Mail. Canadian orders will have an additional $5 shipping cost added (total of $29.00).

So You Want to show Draft Horses

Our 44 page pamphlet carrying largely reprints from our own magazine over the past several years. It includes three horse classes to judge, the judge's placings and reasons, plus: "Action in the Draft Horse; Presenting

the Halter Horse in the Ring; Preparing at Home; Care and Management of the Horse's Foot; Trucking and Trailering; Decorating the Mane; Tail Tying; Leg Wraps; Training and Driving the Big Hitches; Lines; Spreaders and Traces"...in brief, what the new showman wants to know, all gathered

together in one compact reference.