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The last horsemen : a year at Sillywrea, Britain's only horse-powered farm by Charles Bowden is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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A century ago, power on farms was provided by five million heavy horses. They were the pride of rural Britain and the men who worked with them were the elite among farm workers. But today heavy horses are almost a thing of the past. They might be seen in all their glory at agricultural shows decked in glistening harnesses and paraded around the main ring, but generally they are a distant memory. Except for one place: Sillywrea Farm in Northumberland, the last farm in Britain to be worked solely
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- Author
- Charles Bowden
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch Children's Books
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780233003238
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Agriculture, History, Nature
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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