Draft Horse Plow Day

Take a step back in time and enjoy a springtime day on the farm at the seventeenth annual Draft Horse Plow Day. Teams of draft horses and mules from throughout New England demonstrate how plowing at the farm was done before the advent of motorized machinery. Learn how horses are harnessed, hitched, and cared for. 

Watch the shearing of our resident sheep, and see how the wool is washed, carded, and spun into yarn. Enjoy horse-drawn wagon rides, farm animals, blacksmithing demonstrations, children's crafts and games. 

In partnership with Granite State Draft Horse and Pony Association, Essex Base Ball Association and Ipswich Ale.