May 7th 2014: Clydesdale!

[BardoXV]

Originally Posted by Griff

Pony pulling was a really big deal around here when I was a kid. The horses were lighter than these big boys though. There is a field behind a local bar where it was bbq and horse pulls all day long. My Dad's cousin has pulling horses a his place. He grew up with them and his Dad and uncle were very late in completely eliminating horses from their farm. I remember (or saw pictures of me) riding the last old work horse on their farm around 1970.

When I was growing up my neighbor used a team of horses to farm. I remember helping to make hay. My older brother and the older son't of the farmer used pitch forks to throw the hay onto the wagon where the farmers youngest son and I would walk back and forth to pack it down. Then they used the horses and a set of forks and pulley system to lift the hay up into the mow.