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HORSE FARM [8 records]

Record 1 2021-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cultivating and Tilling Equipment
CONT

The 20th century saw the disadvantages of the previous century's steam-powered tractors and threshers overcome with the debut of the gasoline engine, precipitating the development of gas-powered farm tractors and effectively marking the transition from horse-to machine-powered agriculture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Motoculteurs et motobineuses
DEF

Matériels autotractés employés lors des activités de labours, d'entretien d'espaces verts, ou de travaux dans le jardin.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

A male horse, generally retired from racing, that stands at stud at a breeding farm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Cheval, généralement retiré de la compétition, et utilisé au haras pour fins de reproduction.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 3 2010-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

A horse breed that originated in Poland. It is used for heavy draft and farm work, and are a tough breed with great stamina.

OBS

The Sokolsky breed usually stands between 15 and 16 hands high, and is chestnut or bay. They have a slightly heavy head with a straight profile, set on a long, broad, and muscular neck. Their shoulders are well-formed and sloping, resulting in their good gaits. They tend to have deep chests, pronounced withers, a short, straight back, and a muscular, sloping croup. Their legs are strong and well-formed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Race de chevaux d'origine polonaise.

CONT

Sokolsk : croisement d'ardennais, de belge et d'anglo-normand. Il est fort, résistant, frugal et coopératif.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

The Postier Breton has blood of the English Norfolk Trotter and Hackney that it acquired in the nineteenth century. It is strong, has an attractive gait, and stands an average of 15. 1 hands. It is bred mainly in central Brittany and makes a good coach horse and is capable of light farm work.

CONT

Bred on the rather poor land of Bretagne and exposed to a very rough climate, especially during winter, the Breton makes a very good agricultural horse, being strong and hardy and thriving on poor, indifferent food. There are three distinctive types of Breton horse: heavy-draught horse, Breton draught post horse and Breton mountain draught horse.

OBS

draught: now chiefly British spelling of "draft."

OBS

draft: North American spelling.

Key term(s)
  • Breton draft post horse

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
CONT

Le cheval Breton actuel est le résultat d'une longue évolution et d'un long travail de sélection entrepris par les éleveurs à partir des variétés anciennes de chevaux indigènes. De nombreux croisements furent réalisés aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles en vue d'améliorer ces variétés; le plus célèbre et le plus réussi résultant de l'accouplement d'étalons «Norfolk» importés de Grande-Bretagne et de juments du Léon. De ce croisement naquit le «Postier breton» dont la réputation s'étendit dans le monde entier. [...] Il existe deux types morphologiques : Le Trait de formule compacte, le Postier plus léger et plus étendu dans ses rayons et ses allures.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado caballar
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
DEF

Caballo de peso medio que no rebasa los 150 cm. de altura, fuerte y sólido, con un trote especialmente bueno y usado como animal de tiro.

CONT

El bretón de posta es de raza más fina pues desciende de caballos cruzados. [...] El bretón de posta es un caballo vivaz y bonachón, bien dispuesto y muy trabajador.

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Record 5 2005-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Equipment
CONT

The farm cart was a two-wheeled vehicle used for all types of farm work. It benefited, over the wagon, in having only two wheels which could be transferred and used with other cart bodies. Tasks in which they were employed included manure spreading, harvesting and other agricultural tasks. They were drawn by one horse in shafts or two in tandem.... Bodies varied, some with bow-sided and some as flat loading vehicles. Floorboards were set longitudinally rather than crosswise to make cleaning and scraping out easier.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel agricole
OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Forage Crops
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
CONT

The majority of Canadian oats are still used in the Canadian feed market. A large amount of the feed oats are produced and fed on farm, with a small amount to the Canadian race horse market. Although oats are being used in more quality specific markets, in years of ample supply, the North American feed market is still a significant factor in determining overall oat prices.

Key term(s)
  • fodder oat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Culture des plantes fourragères
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Cultivo de plantas forrajeras
  • Alimentación animal (Agricultura)
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Record 7 1994-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
DEF

To take out of active use, usually after a long service. From the farm practice of letting an old horse graze at will and work no longer.(R. Chapman, American Slang, 1986, p. 354).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
OBS

Terme ironique.

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Management and Policy
CONT

non-tractor farm or horse farm

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion et politique agricole

Spanish

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