tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post3812476693223127940..comments2024-01-01T08:37:03.814+00:00Comments on Owd Fred (Countryman): The Longest Swath 33Owd Fredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04208524077476780953noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-44677249661188718392011-08-20T06:40:08.382+00:002011-08-20T06:40:08.382+00:00Jason ,
Our team of shire horses went when one yo...Jason ,<br />Our team of shire horses went when one young man who worked for us left to start farming on his own, he had most of the harness as well, and by that time we had a second tractor a David Brown Cropmaster.<br />The only time I had much to do with them was when us kids we had to take them to the blacksmiths shop for shoeing on the way to school, then on the way home at lunch time blacksmith would shove us up on top to go home, as you know horses will find their way home anywayOwd Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04208524077476780953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-53310118162938890382011-08-20T02:05:22.511+00:002011-08-20T02:05:22.511+00:00It's good to keep those old things around...to...It's good to keep those old things around...too easy to forget the work that came before us otherwise. <br /><br />I remember our last team of work horses, though I wasn't much of a lad when they died. Grandpa liked them and kept them around more or less as pets, though his excuse was he might need them to haul wood or run a sleigh in the winter time.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092424684260339977noreply@blogger.com