[AT] Some ads from the 11/22 Lancaster Farming

[Larry Goss]

Steve, I won't argue about it, but the last I knew a fly net covered the whole body of the horse.

It wasn't always possible for poor farmers to buy or afford a matched team, so spreaders were often used when the horses were mismatched by size or when one horse was ill and couldn't pull its share of the load.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008 20:37
Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 11/22 Lancaster Farming
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> Mike Sloane wrote:
> > Some of the more interesting ads from the (free to
> > subscribers) Mailbox Markets section of the weekly Lancaster 
> (PA) 
> > Farming newspaper for 11/22/2008. For the full listing, go to 
> > <www.lancasterfarming.com>. [my comments, if any, are in 
> brackets]> 
> > For Sale:
> > 
> > Triple trees, double trees, spreader jockey sticks, Hambs set 
> front 
> > gears bridles housings fly nets lines breast chains. Lanc. Co. 
> > 717-665-4621. [This must be horse stuff - I haven't a clue 
> what he is 
> > selling.]
> 
> Yep, all for horse drawn equipment.
> 
> Triple trees for three horse team, doubles for two horses, 
> Spreaders are 
> to balance the pull with the teams farther apart. Front gear is 
> the 
> front harness and bridles, fly nets go over the horses head to 
> keep 
> flies out of their eyes, lines are the reins, breast chains are 
> for 
> HEAVY pulling horses, they allow the weight to be spread over 
> the horses 
> chest to prevent harm to the horse when pulling HEAVY loads.
> 
> The old style (and lighter duty) are made of wood now. The heavy 
> duty 
> ones are now made of steel.
> 
> -- 
> Steve W.
> Near Cooperstown, New York
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