The hobby farm movement gives us hope that as a people we are not entirely loosing our connection to the land. The hope of passing farmland down to future generations is one of the things that kept many families together and gave struggling farmers the will to plant just one more season.
The new homesteader with his five to twenty acre plot is not driven by that need for continuity and push to pass on his heritage. However, the new homesteader family can pass on a heritage much broader than family and with more importance than the last name on a deed. The new homesteader is the perfect candidate to be part of the Corolla off site breeding program.
A well managed five acre pasture, split into three or four paddocks for rotational grazing will support 2-4 Corollas for most of the year in areas where it actually rains in the summer. Sheep, goats, chickens and a pig or two are great, but if one wants to save a vital part of America's heritage, I know of no better use of a hobby farm than to be part of the off site breeding program.
In six hours a stallion that had to be captured as a result of a minor health problem will be delivered to our horse lot. We will tame and rehabilitate him and will begin his training. We will also immediately begin looking for a permanent placement for him so that he can become part of the off site breeding program.
If you have been thinking how nice it would be to be part of what we do--this is your chance. Contact me now in order to discuss what must be done to adopt this horse and to become part of the future of Corolla preservation. (And also to have the neatest horse in your county, if you care about such things.)
The picture above is of Pasquenoke, one of the three foals produced this spring by the breeding program. Having her born at your place would have improved the looks of the place better than first rate landscaping.
Now let's be blunt. You are not going to live forever. At your funeral they will talk about what a nice person you were, how you will be missed by your friends...blah, blah, blah. Hum drum, stale, just like every other eulogy given in your town that week.
Why not give them something worth talking about at your funeral? Let them talk about how you loved your family, your land, and your wonderful little horses and how you were one of the handful of people that helped make sure that these horses would never go extinct. Plant something that will keep on growing after you are gone.
2 comments:
I have seen magazines for hobby farmers. I have not looked inside, so I don’t know what kind of articles they contain. I am wondering if something along this line might be accepted. It would be a way to introduce the horses to more people who might have an interest in and the capability to raise them.
I know you are not exactly searching for things to do in your spare time. Perhaps someone else associated with the horse would have the time and ability to prepare an article.
That is on the summer agenda. We have some great photos to go with the article.
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