7/30/11: The Green Mountain Draft Horse Association presented Draft Horse Field Day at Shelburne Farms on Saturday. Horses, oxen and mules were in attendance for reaping, threshing, and plowing demonstrations.

Visitors hitched rides on wagons to experience Shelburne Farms as it was meant to be seen, from a horse’s perspective.

Music: Kevin MacLeod, “Sheep May Safely Graze” – Aria from BWV 208, Johann Sebastian Bach

 

 

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