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Crop Report

Crop report update:
"Ice Pond Conditions"  
Wednesday, January 12, 2011.

Farmhouse Updates

View photos and progress reports of the ongoing restoration of Howell Farm's historic farmhouse.

Barnyard Stories

Read "Plow Sharing," an account by Howell Farm's director on how he helped educate Colonial reenactors in plowing with horses!

Motion Pictures

Now Playing:  "1919 Ice Harvest." More choices are available in our video archive.

Photo Gallery

View photos of "Howell Farm in Fall Color" or any of the latest happenings at Howell Farm.

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Ever want to know something about Howell Farm? Here's your chance to ask, or just read the answers to questions other people asked.

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1919 Ice Harvest

Daisy The Cow & Calves

Daisy the Cow from Howell Farm Furrow on Vimeo.

 

 

 

Harrowing With Horses

Today's subject is the McCormick-Deering cultivator.

 Lambs, Piglets, & Peeps


Haying with Horses

Horse-drawn hayloading action at Howell Farm.

 

Scything

Farmer Rob demonstrates the use of a scythe.


Beginner Blacksmithing

Some young apprentices get hands-on lessons in blacksmithing at the Howell Farm forge.

 

Howell Farm Slideshow:


 

Two Oxen and a Hayloader:

Watch as Chris and Jake, our oxen, pull an old-fashioned hayloader through the fields last summer. The farmer on top of the loader distributes the hay with a pitchfork, so it stacks evenly. Notice the modern tractor and hay baler in the background, also at work on haying operations.