Horses of the Country – An Homage

Peek through the barn door into some of the chapters you’ll enjoy in Horses of the Country.

Horses at Work on the Farm
Bush work • syrup making • ploughing • flies • haying
• grain harvesting • threshing mills • sweep power • steamers
• brakes and holds

Trotting to Mill and Market - Road Horses
Sociability • water troughs • dogs • cheese factories
• regulations • racing • horse-powered machines
• horse trading • Roma • public horse-sheds • carriage care

A Good Horse
Folklore • reading horses • bad temperaments • training
• “Buyer Beware” • A Horse’s Petition

“A Lantern on the Table. Trouble in the stable ...” - Care and Stabling
Barn rules • mangers • feed • grooming • selling horse hair
• tanneries • harness care • harness makers
• harness ornaments

On your high horse  - Parades and Processions
Funerals • Orange Day Parades • circuses • celebrations
• rural fairs

Horsing Around - Youth
Foals • going for the cows • Shank’s pony • learning young
• romance • pranks