The Neumann-Mouw Draft Horse School will be held at the Dr. A. J. Neumann farm at Orange City, Iowa. Orange City is located approximately 40 miles northeast of Sioux City, Iowa. Classes will begin each day at 8:30 A.M. and end at 4:30 P.M. The day will be spent learning about horses and handling horses. The students will be split between the two instructors. Half will start with Dr. Neumann and half with Bob Mouw until the noon break each class day and will switch for the remainder of the day (see lodging/resturant options below). Come prepared to learn!

The February Starting Draft Stock in Harness School will be more oriented to the training of the young horse. Bob will show you different training methods used. The colts will be started from haltering to driving young teams. Dr Neumann's part of the school will be the way they are listed in all the schools.

We limit the size of the class to 8 students so you get a little more personal instruction than some of the schools. The fee for the dual school is $500.00. One half is payable upon registration for the school, the other half is payable upon arrival for the beginning of the school. The noon meal will be provided each day.

Dr. Neumann will teach how to judge and tell a good horse from an undesirable one. The blemishes, unsoundness, desirable traits and breed characteristics will be discussed.
Live animals will be used.

Bob Mouw will teach proper collaring, harnessing and angle of draft pertaining to efficient work of the horse. The single horse and team will be hitched and the students will be given the opportunity to drive.

Dr. Neumann will teach stabling, feeding, nutrition regarding all classes and sexes of the draft animal. Also how to raise a good colt from birth to market and a health program including worming, and the proper giving of shots. The nutrition course alone will enable the student to save enough money in feeding the draft animal to make the course worthwhile.

Bob Mouw will take a team of two and three to the field and teach the students how to properly hitch to the appropriate farm implement for the season. Again the students will be given the opportunity to drive.

Dr. Neumann will discuss horse psychology in depth. Methods are shown on breaking the horse from bad habits; how to train a colt and why; and how to program a foal. All methods will be demonstrated on live animals.

Bob Mouw will spend his share of the day demonstrating how to start two or three year old colts in harnesses. Different methods of training will be demonstrated to include hitching the young horse for the first time. No fieldwork will be done on Sunday.

Dr. Neumann will discuss the foot of the horse in length. He will cover shoeing for different types of work or show. The foundered horse, teeth care and tailoring will also be discussed.

Bob Mouw will teach how to hitch up 4-6 horses in the field style hitch. Appropriate implements will be used in the field. Again the students will be given the opportunity to drive the hitched horses.

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