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The Draft Horse Primer

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Looking for a book that deals with today's draft horse? This is it. The Draft Horse Primer describes today's breeds and the contributions they can and are still making to society. In addition, it deals with care, breeding, harnessing, and non-mechanical (i.e. old-timey) horse-drawn equipment. Lots of pictures illustrate the text. A fun book for the Draft Horse enthusiast and a useful one for those wishing to return to the horse-drawn days of yesteryear.

if you are interested in driving draft horses, this book really should be on your bookshelf. no matter what your question, the answer, if it exists, is in there somewhere. the text is dense, but the copious diagrams and photos are there to provide a visual example of what they are talking about. want to hitch two horses on the wheel, and three in front? the discussion on why you might want to starts on page 240, and the diagrams start on 242.

this book provides you all the information you would be able to get from that old farmer who lived down the road and worked horses his entire life, if they still lived there. if they don't, you are fortunate that someone who understood it all wrote it down.

while there are other draft horse books on my shelves (actually, there are quite a few, from the look of it). i have a copy i keep at my desk, which is still clean, and a copy i keep in the barn, which isnt. the others are good to have, this is essential.

I found this info very dry and hard to get thru. I much prefer the writings of Lynn Miller (Work Horse Handbook & Training Workhorses / Training Teamsters) who is actually fun to read.

I'm glad I borrowed this one from a friend instead of buying it.