In my very rural area of ND, in winter the roads were poor and not well maintained. Up into the early 50's most farmers still had a team of horses. If many miles from town and if they had a car, the car usually was parked at the main road, as deep snow and poor roads prevented driving it to the farm.. Being mostly 6V and parked in windy cold below 0 winter weather, starting the car was neart impossible. For that once a week or once a month trip to town for supplies, the team of horses were harnessed and driven out to the car, they pulled the car to get it running, then took the horses back to the barn while allowing the car to warm up.
When the snow was too deep and roads impossible by car, the horses were hitched to a sled, wagon or even a stone boat and driven to town for supplies.
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