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Contrary to popular belief, one can indeed teach an old dog new tricks. Our daughters are demonstrating this concept quite clearly as evidenced by the picture (and a bit of explanation from them). This old dog is is being taught to plow the ground, of course. The older daughter is holding the reins (aka jump rope) while the younger daughter is lifting and lowering the "plow blades" (a.k.a the handle to the wagon) while assisting the beast with the pulling of the plow (for the beast was not strong enough to pull the whole plow cantraption thing-a-ma-bob). Going against conventional (mocern) wisdom and coming up with innovative, low-cost approaches to farming will be keys to our survival on the farm. Good Farmer John is considering this new approach to plowing and possibly marketing the idea to other farmers... then again, maybe not. The farmer's wife :)
09:40 - 2006-Feb-15 -
Hmmn..
my new lab puppy is growing fast enough to make me think I could put him in harness. Charming post!
Greenberry - 05:57 - 2006-Feb-15
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