CORNISH, N.H. — The 2017 Draft Animal-Power Field Days will be held September 29th – October 1st at the Cornish New Hampshire Fairgrounds. This three day educational event celebrates the use of draft animals: horses, ponies, oxen, and mules, in modern day farming and logging in New England and New York.
Friday will offer all day intensive workshops for beginning and advanced teamsters on tillage and cultivation, forestry, farm planning, and horse training. There will also be a track for timber forest landowners and foresters who want to learn about the advantages of using draft animals in forest management and silviculture.
Saturday is a day for everyone interested in animal power with over 25 workshops on plowing, haying, working with animals, equipment, blacksmithing, timber framing, wagon rides, and much more. There will be working horses, ponies, oxen, and mules demonstrations all day long.
Entertainment will include a square dance Friday night, draft animal ballads played on the fiddle plus music around the campfire on Saturday.
Sunday is a full half day including an Obstacle Course with horses, oxen, and mules, a Multiple Hitch of horses, a harness raffle and live benefit auction of equipment, tack, art, farm products and a 10’x14’ Timber Frame.
The Draft Animal-Power Field Days is presented by the Draft Animal-Power Network. For more information, go to ​www.draftanimalpower.org​ or contact ​dapnetinfo@gmail.com​ or 802-763-0771. To download a flyer, click here [PDF].
—Draft Animal-Power Network
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