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Adam Helmer, I mentioned in a thread my father "broke" his farm out of the prairie, 160 acres. He had the old plow parked in the trees that surrounded the farmstead. It was for four horses to be hooked to and had a riding seat for the farmer. He said it still took a darn long time; not all of it the first year. He had 10 head of draft horses and rotated them each day so they had time to recover. He also raised the Belgium draft horses and sold them to other ffarmers. He always kept at least one team and they were huge, but gentle horses.
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