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Horse Tales from the Drumheller Region
5. Glossary
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others may contain small streams.<br /> <br /> Cowboy - a ranch hand who makes his living on horseback working with cattle.<br /> <br /> Cure - seed heads on crops that dry in the fields to make a harder grain.<br /> <br /> Cutter - a sleigh mode of transport that moves easily on ice and snow in winter.<br /> <br /> Disc - a round curved wheel fitted onto a plow or seeder that cuts through the sod.<br /> <br /> Dip tank - tanks filled with a mixture of liquids of sulphur and lime that cattle would walk through to help prevent or cure infections such as mange.<br /> <br /> Disc Drill - an implement that makes furrows for <!-SCT-->the seeds to drop into.<br /> <br /> Evener - in vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars are hung to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used side by side.<br /> <br /> Farm - a place where crops and/or animals are raised.<br /> <br /> Furrow - a trench in the earth made by a plow.<br /> <br /> Gangs - when two or more farm implements are used at the same time to plow a field. <br /> <br /> Grainery - a small wooden building used to store grain.<br /> <br /> Freights - traincars or railcars that carry crops, goods and supplies by <!-SCT-->railroad.<br /> <br /> Green Feed - oats that are cut without maturing.<br /> <br /> Gumbo - a type of soil that holds water making it very heavy and sticky.<br /> <br /> Hay rack - an open sided wagon to transport crops.<br /> <br /> Heifers - a young female calf.<br /> <br /> Hitches - a device to attach the horses to the farm implements or wagons they are pulling.<br /> <br /> Homestead - a quarter section (160 acres) of land.<br /> <br /> Horn - a part on the western type of saddle.<br /> <br /> Lariat - a long light rope used with a running noose to catch livestock and other animals.<br /> <br /> Lasso - to <!-SCT-->capture with a rope.<br /> <br /> Mange - an irritation of the skin by tiny mites that affects animals with fur coats.<br /> <br /> Mare - a female horse.<br /> <br /> Mustang - a small, hardy wild horse of the North American plains descended from Arabian horses brought to America by Spanish explorers.<br /> <br /> Neck Yoke - a bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is suspended from the collars of the harnesses.<br /> <br /> Oats - a grain crop grown for feed for animals.<br /> <br /> Outfit - horses and farm machinery needed to plow, seed or <!-SCT-->harvest.<br /> <br /> Prairie Wool - grasses that grown naturally on the prairie with high nutrition.<br /> <br /> Plow or Plough - an implement that cuts into the ground to slice, break apart, turn and lift the sod. Spellings are different according to the manufacturer of the plow.<br /> <br /> "Proved up" or "Proving up" - when a farmer has met the requirements (under the Dominion Lands Act) to own their homestead to sign the papers for ownership.<br /> <br /> Ranch - a place where cattle, horses and other animals are raised and bred as working <br /> animals or for products like meat.<br /> <br /> Rake, Dump or Hay - an implement that gathers rows of cut hay into <!-SCT-->piles.<br /> <br /> Reins - usually made from leather, long narrow straps attached to the horse's bridle that the rider will use to control the directions & movements of the horse.<br /> <br /> Rod - a unit of length.<br /> <br /> Saddle - a fitted seat attached to the back and buckled to the underbelly of a horse for horseback riding.<br /> <br /> Saddle Horse - a horse that has been trained to be ridden.<br /> <br /> "Sally up" - a venturing forth, a jaunt.<br /> <br /> Section - is an area of land that is one mile square, containing 640 acres. <br /> <br /> Shafts - two long parallel poles between which a <!-SCT-->horse is harnessed to a vehicle.<br /> <br /> Shorthorn - an English breed of short-horned beef cattle. <br /> <br /> Sod Shack - a crude dwelling made from upturned prairie sod that is cut and laid like bricks to make the walls.<br /> <br /> Stallion - is a male horse used for breeding when it is three years of age.<br /> <br /> Steel - a term used for the parallel rails (made from steel or iron) that when joined together make up the railroad track for trains. <br /> <br /> Stooks / Stooking - piling crops with their grain heads upright in small stacks to dry.<br /> <br /> Team - two or more horses used side by side to <!-SCT-->pull a wagon, farm implements, carriages, etc.<br /> <br /> Thresher - a machine that separates grain heads from the stalks.<br /> <br /> Wagon - usually a four wheeled method of transportation for crops, supplies and people.<br /> <br /> Wheat - a grain crop that is dried to be made into products for human consumption. </span> </div> <table id="scNav"><tr> <td width="172" style="text-align:left;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000491&sl=3782&pos=1&scpos=1" id="scJumpFirst" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_start.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="170" style="text-align:right;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 1);" id="scPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000491&sl=3782&pos=1&scpos=0" id="scJumpPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="174" style="text-align:left;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 1);" id="scNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000491&sl=3782&pos=1&scpos=1" id="scJumpNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="172" style="text-align:right;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000491&sl=3782&pos=1&scpos=1" id="scJumpLast" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_last.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="scSplit" id="scSplit" /> </body> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var scCount = 1; var scShowing = []; flip("scPos", 1, 1, 1); </script>
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