MY DAUGHTERS HELP WITH HAULING BALES // Farming With Draft Horses

Today I have some help on the farm! My daughters, Trudy & Abby came to help with hauling round bales. We are using both teams of draft horses today, Abby is driving Ken and Buck and Trudy is driving Bill and Lady.
Watch our videos to learn about draft horses- horse logging, horses farming, and horse training! Jim uses Belgian, Percheron, and Suffolk horses to do work on the farm and in the woods. He teaches about harnesses, horse-drawn logging and farming equipment, horse feeding and maintenance, and voice commands for horses. New videos uploaded every week. Keep watching to see how Jim trains his new Suffolk Punch colts as he has trained his full-grown teams!
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[@RichNeal-nv2ym]

I was born 87 years ago and raised on a farm in Illinois. My Dad farmed with horses for years. I owned a team of Ponies and used them for pulling contests. So I enjoyed watching your horse pullings. I am amazed at the hard work you people do. Your way of life brings back a lot of great memories. Thank you for giving this old man something to look forward too.

[@linyenchin6773]

Pulling never needs the suffix "s."

[@wayneshirton9349]

What a great video and it is nice to see the whole family involved!! Great job everyone ❤

[@harrymills2770]

@@linyenchin6773 It eliminates confusion. They're not pulling the horses, after all.

[@Stubbykca]

This is how I grew up on the farm 77 years ago. We logged, brought in the hay, and everything with Horses. Your videos sure take me back to the good old days! Thanks!

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Interesting and thanks for sharing. Glad the videos bring back memories. Thanks for watching!

[@brianmunson8195]

When will the colts be ready for harness & work ?

[@dianeprince1971]

Except we didn't have round bales and modern equipment back then.

[@meandmybuddy964]

@@dianeprince1971 I can’t imagine how many Square bales I have hauled in my day kids don’t know what hard work is anymore it’s sad I used to feel really good after our hard work

[@harrymills2770]

@@meandmybuddy964 If they don't have hay fever, I can think of little that would toughen up a 12-16-year-old boy more than buckin' hay bales. Turns you from a boy into a man in one season. We had a kicker bailer, so most of the labor was getting the bales from the wagon into the loft. We still had to run around picking up stray bales that missed the wagon. Kicker bailers can be temperamental. The big kids (15 and over) could throw bales. The smaller kids (14 and under) could stack them. My 1st year, I was the smallest, so they put me on the tractor or the pickup, depending on how many bales we had to pick up in the field by hand. One of the privileges of being on a farm is learning how to operate anything with a motor and wheels. There were saddle horses and cattle around, but pretty much all the farming was mechanized in the '70s.

[@user-wn8mg2jh1d]

Its nice to have family helping out, My Mom grew up on a farm in Puerto Rico , We moved in a house adjacent to our Grandparents and we had to help our grandparents with farm chores . When moved to Va my father had us help the local farmers during harvest time,, We got to know them and they got to know us. Plus they feed us great .

[@jackbell5206]

Beautiful horses, beautiful girls, beautiful day on the farm!

[@dariaharruff7025]

Ikr

[@piom5777]

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[@bachempenius]

My father has just turned 84. He shared this video in our family app. He remembered that his oldest brother also put the horse not straight for the cart when It was an extremily heavy load, because only 2 wheels have to be moved instead of four initialy. That got the job done and got the cart moving. So this brought back memories for him. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@stanleyschafer4232]

It was nice to see the whole family pitching in to help bring in the hay. Such a beautiful day to all be together. It does the heart good, to help one another.

[@robertshrewsbury4241]

That was such a nice thing, that your kids know how to help and everyone pitched in.

[@nettyferguson4874]

Here in North Wales UK you show us the beauty of horses we have lost in farming. So amazing !

[@maggiehamm365]

When I was a little kid horses, wagons and pitchforks were in use, as well as many helping hands. Then came the tractors and bailers. We got to take turns driving the tractor which gave us a break from throwing bales onto the wagon. I always liked the horses better than the tractors as they were more like us. Even sweated like us, and glad to finish at the end of the day.

[@user-wx5qg9fy9n]

Working with horses was good for the soul. It was a time when we worked with nature . I remember it well .

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great job Abby and Trudy hauling bales with the horses 🐴

[@annettecinquemanifalbo17]

Shed a few happy tears..I wish I had a husband sometimes, one that loved that kind of life. I've had my farm for all my life and I've never had a man by side to share the farm life with... Sometimes I feel really sad about that, especially when I see a family unit as special as yours is.. What beautiful country life you all share together. It's a wonderful sight to behold. Love from East Texas, Annette!

[@joycehennequin8469]

Hi Annette ☺️ who knows what tomorrow will bring 🤗 maybe a wonderful man to share your life with. All the very best Joyce 🌱🌱🌱🇬🇧UK ❤️

[@stephenroberts7459]

Love and hugs from France, Annette!

[@annettecinquemanifalbo17]

@@joycehennequin8469 Aww what a sweet comment! Thank you for that little reminder, you just never really know what's up ahead! Eyes up! Heart open!

[@annettecinquemanifalbo17]

@@stephenroberts7459 heartfelt! Thank you for that!

[@joycehennequin8469]

Good morning Annette,have a truly wonderful week,keep your chin up 😉🌱🌱🌱💕🇬🇧

[@hughwhaley3179]

So relaxing love seeing the girls help out in the field's beautiful country 🐎🐎👍

[@Peter-gi3re]

Loved this video. It was so cute what Abby said about texting and driving the horses when she was younger and Jim getting on her case. Now he wants pictures and videos while she is driving the horses 😂

[@jeanhawken4482]

Does not get any better, family and two magnificent teams of horses. The superb condition of all the horses is such a pleasure.

[@Elizabeth-arb22]

I loved this -- your family, the horses, the beautiful fields and sky. How great that you all work together so harmoniously. Another terrific video!

[@timothymoore2672]

So awesome to see your family all joining in Jim all for one and one for all. GOD Bless your weekend, Jim and Family and your four legged kids.

[@glenmcmillian6206]

Beautiful horses, beautiful farm, beautiful summer day, beautiful girls...... what's not to like? Being and speaking as an old farmer, retired, who caught the very tail end of the horse and mule era as a child, because my grand parents kept the horses and mules for old times sake, and worked them a few days a year....... after switching to tractors and trucks even before I was born......... Well, the thing not to like is that you have to care for horses, feed them, check on them, EVERY SINGLE DAY of the year. When you don't need the tractor, you park it in the shed, and don't have to feed it with diesel or gasoline again until you need it again..... maybe weeks and sometimes even months later. And you can work the tractor twenty two hours a day......... day after day............ with two hours set aside for maintenance work..... assuming you have two beautiful girls to take turns running it, lol.

[@richardtruesdell8289]

This is so pleasant, watching the family work together, thank all of you.

[@kimfleury]

Beautiful scenery 😍 the clouds above the hay bales in the field is such a calming sight. Also, I "air cheered" when you mentioned the calendar. Looking forward to it!

[@Olgi41]

Both teams perfectly matched. Easy to tell when you hear them on the pavement.

[@JackOllie4]

The horses look so healthy and robust! Love watching them happily work.

[@markkuhne8928]

Enjoy watching the horses. They look all around and seem to know what is going on.

[@hwilliams4415]

So enjoy your daughter's helping you and working with the horses. They learned well from you

[@ricksoto8126]

Your daughters are quite talented handling those horses like pros I'm sure that makes it easier on their dad great video

[@pamclift5446]

Great to see family working together. That is how I was with my family in times gone long ago. Situations with family members passing has changed things.

[@danamelby4090]

Glad to see everyone the girls jim and you! Nice to see family together

[@randybutler4772]

Good to see both teams working same time. Colts see what is to come. Family sharing the load makes for productive Saturday. Thank you for sharing.🐴🐴🐴🐴

[@geraldbuchanan5094]

Cool to see the family getting together and making it work. My dad farmed in Kansas before my time I think I would enjoy it even with all the trials and tribulations

[@rickyabrahams7100]

And just for 20 minutes, I forgot about the troubles of the world. Thanks for posting,loved the video👍

[@erikatowle8695]

I couldn't agree more, makes me think of much simpler times & forget all the negativity in the world🙂

[@bruceshearer1719]

Thanks for another great video.....gives us all HOPE

[@jorgenandersson2610]

Det är det inte

[@iii9266]

Back in the late 70's, I worked for an old N. Dakota rancher that had a half brother/sister team of blue roan Belgians. As mother nature had a hissyfit of a winter, including a record setting blizzard the likes of which he'd never seen in his prior 40 years of ranching, he taught me how to hitch & drive the team and his old sled. That's how we fed the cattle all winter. A GREAT experience!

[@stephenmeek823]

What an awesome way to spend a Saturday morning. Jim’s right don’t text and drive. 😂Thanks for sharing.

[@sincin9935]

So cool watching everyone and the horses. Good job all!

[@ThePullnfool]

Good to see the family operation.. I enjoy seeing the girls handling the horses.. We had one horse that we used in the woods.. Molly was her name. Dad cried when she got old and had to leave the farm..

[@sueupham2519]

Excellent day with you all,,we see the vacation girls share their love and help,,,one hand washes the other...

[@glendacisneros982]

So beautiful to see your daughter doing this type of farm work!

[@btrent9244]

Beautiful sight. Bringing in the hay the old fashioned way. 👍👍👍

[@darrel1954]

Jim, great video today. I really enjoyed seeing your family all working together. Thanks for sharing. Darrel

[@normandong4479]

Lovely daughters helping on the farm are delightful to see. So 👌

[@r.d.ontheroad-1094]

Brings back some memories, thanks for the video! I grew up working with horses! Logging, skidding , and general around the farm! I miss it in some ways!! Thanks, and great job!!

[@klauskarbaumer6302]

Great to watch all of that. You seem to have had just the right weather for haying all throughout the season so far.

[@d.g.n9392]

Some of my favorite childhood memories are of a friends grandfather, he worked around our small town with horses, mowers around the area roads, nice to remember.

[@sharantaylor4148]

We work horses on our farm raking hay

[@philippamediwake1235]

Wow, Jim you have a great family! Super down to earth & laid back ☺️

[@oldie4210]

We had a pair "Buck" and "Bubbles" that hauled our stooked hay and hand tossed bales. We logged with them but not commercially, but for logs for hunting cabins, lumber, and firewood. They were turned into retirement with free run of the farm in their late 20's enjoying life with no more harness and all the care from their human family.

[@stephenjones101]

Very cool to see those incredible horses in action!

[@rickyhayes8206]

I love to see your girls helping you. I raised twin girls (31 yrs old now) on small farm to be the most city slicker as if they had been raised in the city. My fault because they would not know how to help if they tried. Love your videos.

[@roysmythe3760]

Thank you Jim Horses and the Ladies..

[@robertschilling3308]

Nice to see the family together. Girls did a great job. Good looking teamsters!! 😀😀👍👍

[@donaldoplazas.mendieta1485]

Felicitaciones a estas hermosas mujeres por su gran trabajo junto a sus familias esto sí es hermosa familia 👪 Dios les bendiga siempre por su 😍 amor al trabajo.

[@jameswyatt2739]

That is America right there. So impressive to watch. Thank you for keeping things moving.

[@annemcgrath3659]

I grew up .on a farm in ireland quite a while ago and i remember bringing in small bales of hay in a similar fashion with charlie our working horse this brings back so many good memories keep up the good work love the horses

[@nickwagner3520]

Had to cut the sleeves off my working horses with Jim blue shirt! My wife told me I was trying to be Jim. It was in the upper 90’s here in MO and I had to do some bush hogging. No sleeves much better!

[@nancyrumrill6504]

What away to spend some quality time with the family. I think the girls are awesome driving the horses.

[@firstlast5681]

I can't help it, those are some good-looking Farmer's daughters❗🤭

[@stephenroberts7459]

What lucky girls, to be involved and have those skills!

[@larrykerr7712]

Good one.Always nice to have help from family.The girls handle things very nicely.Th camera lady did a excellent job as well.So did the skid steer guy.And the horses too.

[@zanesnear4334]

So cool to see the horses working looks like the horses are having a good time

[@michaelbedinger4121]

You have beautiful horses, particularly the Belgians. You have a beautiful farm, and beautiful daughters as well. Thank you very much for the video.

[@pauljw7697]

This brought back many memories of working on the farm as a child. It's great to see work horses still in use today. I noticed from 3:48 to 5:00 the horses were fighting off biting flies. That explains the back legs making several attempts to shew the flies off their belly. And why the tails were swishing from side to side. They're strapped in harnesses & had limited ability to keep the flies off of themselves. We would spray the horse's to keep many of the flies off. Then wash the repellant off with cool water at the end of the day, which they loved. Even with the biting flies, the horses look very happy.

[@stevemccoy8138]

I'm not used to seeing all the green grass. Very purty country. The Horses seemed to like hauling hay. So nice of the Girls to come over and drive. Thanks for Sharing 🇺🇸 🐴🐴

[@arthurthompson4017]

We would like you to know how much we look forward to your videos and love that the whole family gets involved in some of the farm projects. Thank you again and keep up the great work.

[@patdiggins9252]

Great to see some sustainable farming is still happening 👍.

[@JnnnL]

Loved watching, I grew up riding horses, I believe I was 3 when I got my first pony. After that it didn’t take long to graduate up. I bet working with these big boy’s and Lady would be enjoyable! Thank you for sharing!

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

Great video. The young ladies did an awesome job of driving!

[@patpower5239]

Another lovely video, I hope you all relaxed with some coffee and pie after all that.

[@stevancrevar1257]

Beautiful, congratulations, you remind me how I lived 40 years ago. I miss it.

[@sandib4234]

Very nice, really enjoyed watching .The Girl's were a lot of help. Ah so cute to see Duke n Earl cause they are so precious. Bet you all were tired when you got it done, Jim looked tired.💓💓👍🌞🌼

[@johncourtneidge]

Very nice. Thank-you! The rear suspension on the wagons work beautifully!

[@robertstratford9598]

Now that is what I would call a farm girl both daughters can drive a fully loaded wagon and a team of horses great video great daughters .

[@michaelwhiteoldtimer7648]

Nice to have the girls help out

[@RC-Flight]

Thanks for sharing your adventures hauling round bales!

[@mikejohnson5491]

With farmers daughters like that seems like there would be a lot of extra boys around to help

[@Dusty47]

AWESOME!! Daughters that ANYONE could be proud of !! Really nice to see

[@johnking8679]

Your daughters will make great farmer's wives one day !! They sure know how to drive a team of horses and are not afraid of hard work !! Jim, both you and Brenda can be proud of your daughters - lending a hand whenever possible !!

[@GreenThumb121]

Very nice family participation, all with good skills and admirable personality. The family and horses work so well together; always a pleasure to watch these videos which remind me of similar activities when I worked on farms in northwestern Illinois.

[@bessiemann7468]

I love this beauty of the country. Good job girls. I live in the country always have. Nice working family you have

[@bobw7066]

Very pleasant to watch, every thing working well, good horses and teamsters also thumbs up to the camera lady and Dad on skid steer.

[@ellisc.foleyjr9778]

Another great video, glad to see the girls helping out, makes for a good video and better yet ! some family time together. Time to mix up some Skin so soft with little water to spray the guys for the flys. thanks for another great video and for sharing.

[@fion1flatout]

I used 'skin so soft' as well... I suspect it's just baby oil... Or pig oil!

[@mllee2008]

@@fion1flatout we used it too!! 😁🐴🐴

[@DS-yz1nn]

Glad to see I'm not the only one that does a 3 point turn on hay ground with a skid very cool

[@cathiwim]

It tears up the ground less

[@maggiesue4825]

Your girls are a big help!

[@missys]

Girls did a lovely job! This was fun to watch!

[@Cornishaich]

Lovely to see a family affair, great to be working together.

[@briannapier8337]

As always, another good video. Its nice to watch these after I get home from work. Its relaxing, I know there's a lot of work going on, but you all are very blessed to get to do what you love, and enjoy it as a family so good to see.

[@MrBer43]

Beautiful working horses. Thank you for sharing this with us😁😁😁🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@bjland01]

Nice to see and the ladies are amazing !! That’s fer sure keeping on keeping on !

[@joycehennequin8469]

Good evening everyone ☺ l so enjoyed this video....wish it was longerrrrrr.l felt a little envious lol,your girls are so incredibly lucky to be able to drive the horses,how l would love to.Haha Jim looked out of place in that little folk lift truck,when we are so used to seeing him with his horses.My goodness the flys are really bad aren't they,l know it drives the horses mad,do you spray them with anything! I think Jim says he dose.How lovely to see the colts,didn't one of them winny saying hello to the big boys ...that was so sweet.Thankyou so much for this video,All the very best 🌱🌱🌱💕🇬🇧uk

[@dunruden9720]

forklift

[@ginog4480]

Great job guys. Like seeing the colts in more video's. Although is seams routine to you, I'd love to see more of the prep and finish with the horses.

[@hermanfurlong6752]

Great to see this family work together ,and I love their horses! When I was a young lad I would sit and watch friends work with horses and plow with their miles!

[@brendasmith6714]

enjoyed watching the girls drive the horses,,,wonderful and beautiful.

[@wayfaringrider972]

So cool that your daughters also work with the horses - I loved to watch that video... 👍

[@rncrallypics]

Excellent video. Well done to ye all. Yes more of these videos

[@annahkurtin5345]

I admire anyone who can manage a team. Horses just wanna get back to the barn.

[@kevinmalloy2180]

Thanks! Just learning about driving teams.

[@claraconlan6557]

I’m definitely going to need one of those calendars!

[@mishloud4215]

Very interesting - I enjoyed this video very much.

[@frankpohr1870]

Awesome video! Beautiful horses and you must be so proud of your beautiful daughters.

[@milkweeddreams8828]

This was great, your filming skills added to the charm of ol' timey farm work and life...I'm from Amish country in Iowa and have watched the working horses from the roads...great skills here and hard work made easier with these great work horse beasts, beautiful...!

[@DavidThomas-qu8mh]

It's so nice to see draft horses doing the work of modern machinery. It's also reminiscent of the time when horses like these were used to do plowing and carrying bales.

[@roadrunner6851]

100% American farming family with smooth operations. Best regards

[@mikerequa820]

Another great video good to see the girls helpin out an family workin together havin fun so peaceful there ya'll have beautiful place and girls. Thanks for sharing

[@barrybegley5379]

What a Wonderful family life that you have built. Your Girls are good with the draft horses. Life the way it was meant to be. Greetings from Ontario, Canada.

[@tractorcorleone]

A very nice farm video, i like the horses 👍👍

[@gordonashumway]

I like the girls.

[@sylviabarda262]

What a great job the girls are doing.Trudy needs to wear gloves.Fun to watch.