Working Horses of Lancaster County
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About this book
Every day in Lancaster County thousands of Plain-sect farm families hitch up draft horses to work their fields and carriage horses to take them from place to place. These animals are foundational to a faith community that bans automobiles and tractors in a desire to live simple agrarian-based lives. Stories and interviews accompany over 240 candid photos depicting the most common horses at work and play in Lancaster Countyfrom foals frolicking at their mothers side to six Belgians hitched abreast to harrow a field. The book features six draft horse breeds and five carriage horse breedsBelgian Percheron Mule Suffolk Spotted Draft Haflinger Standardbred Morgan American Saddlebred Dutch Harness and Friesian. The photos and stories show how they are trained and cared for offering profound insight into the emotional connection that Plain people have with their horses.
