Around 1900 I think the guideline in Iowa was around 25 percent of a farm's land would be dedicated to feeding, pasturing and bedding draft horses for a year. That sounds high, but a 160 acre farm might require four to six draft horses of different sizes and age. Keep in mind this was before hybrid seed, commercial fertilizers and chemical weed control, so corn yields were only around 30 bushels per acre. Hay and oats provided most of the feed for horses. During Winter frozen ground and snow cover limited pasture grazing to only seven months of the year. Five months of feed had to be stored to sustain the horses during the off season even if they were not being worked hard during those months.
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Today's Featured Article - Tractor Profile: Oliver 70 Row Crop - by Staff. The Oliver 70 was part of the "Fleetline Series" and was manufacturered from 1937 to 1948. The row-crop configuration could have either dual or single front wheels. The Oliver 70 was also offered in the standard, orchard and industrial configurations. The tractors were sold in Canada. An early advertisement states "Power when you want it - power when you need it - power to help put in crops when field conditions are right and time and help are limited. That's the power you'll find in an Oliv
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