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Paul Heiney’s interest in draft horses leads to an
apprenticeship as a farm hand and trainee horseman
on a farm which was run mainly by horse power. In this
book Paul draws on his own experiences and goes
month-by-month through the year at a time when
farming methods really did revolve around the horse.
Exploring the different interpretations of the word
‘traditional’ Paul determines that traditional farming must
involve a system in which nature remains in charge and
the farmers must strike a deal with the natural forces that
surround him. Detailing the work of the farm’s key
players, farmer, horseman, dairyman, shepherd,
laborer and farm boy, this title considers who took
center stage at various junctures of the farming year. |
