Horse Progress Days

Welcome

Your Official Welcome to Horse Progress Days 2010 in Topeka, Indiana, USA

Horse Progress Days welcomes you to the 17th annual event to be held at the home of the largest Draft Horse public auction in the world, the Topeka Livestock Auction. In this part of the world, most of the farmers use horsepower almost every day. In addition to the many horse powered farms in this area you can find everything that goes with it, lots of it made right here. Things like farm equipment, horse collars, harness, feed, and farrier products all can be found here.

The purpose of Horse Progress Days is to display a complete lineup of horse drawn equipment and various hitching techniques and provide many educational clinics and seminars.

As usual, many different breeds of horses will be represented, including mules, ponies, and oxen. See them in action demonstrating plowing equipment, pulling tillage equipment and produce equipment, logging, haymaking, and such.

You will want to take in the various seminars and clinics offered. These will include horse training, collar and harness fitting, and chiropractic treatments for horses. You won’t want to miss the grazing clinic which will have presenters from organic and conventional dairy farms. There will also be a produce growing seminar. And let’s not forget the children! For them, there will be a petting zoo and swing sets to play on and enjoy; truly, something for everyone.

You will want to allow plenty of time for your visit to northern Indiana this Fourth of July weekend. You might want to arrive early enough to take the tour on Thursday, July 1. On the tour you will get to see horse farms, harness shops, buggy shops, steel fabrication, a small town feed mill, as well as make a stop at a local produce auction to see it in action! Included in the $75 charge for the tour will be a delicious Amish cooked noontime meal. As you drive around the countryside, please remember, you are sharing the roads with slow moving, horse drawn, vehicles. Slow down, drive safely, and come again.

Lynn Miller Middlebury, IN
Member, Horse Progress Days Board of Directors

Mission Statement:

To encourage and promote the combination of animal power and the latest equipment innovations in an effort to support sustainable small scale farming and land stewardship.To show draft animal power is possible, practical and profitable.