When you are a farmer you have to know how to do many tasks, from handling livestock to preparing fields, planting and harvesting crops, maintaining equipment, and more. Dave Trotter, a farmer at Slate Run Living Historical Farm, is shown here preparing a horse drawn drag that will be used to smooth out the dirt clumps in the farmhouse gardens to prepare the gardens for spring planting. Once the gardens are smooth, the drag can be flipped over and used to make rows for planting. Slate Run Living Historical Farm, which recreates Ohio farm life as it was in the 1880s, is located at 1375 State Route 674 North, near Canal Winchester. Visit metroparks.net for information.
