At 8 o’clock in the morning, June 28, 1921, thousands of farmers and onlookers held their breaths as the great National Tractor Farming Demonstration and Show began. On one side of the 640-acre ...

When I was a child growing up in Union Mills, I had a great love of horses. It started, I think, before I could walk. Some of my earliest recollections involve being placed on a pony’s back and riding ...

These days, the term “horsepower” recalls rugged pickup trucks with huge towing capacities. But in the 18t hand 19th centuries, farming in Washington County relied heavily on pulling power from ...

MARATHON, N.Y. (AP) — While most modern farmers work their fields accompanied by the rumble of a trusty tractor, sheep farmer Donn Hewes labors to the faint jingling of harnesses in rhythm with the ...

APPLE CREEK – There was a time when horses were part of the family particularly on the farm. There, a good team of horses was as much a part of family life as was the Saturday night bath. Horses did ...