Old Country Farming: Man Eschews Tractors for Horse Plow

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(SUNfoto by Bryant Furlow) Angel Reyes, originally of Michoacán, Mexico, plows a two-acre field in Chimayó with help from Kaeden Albritton, 2, and El Macho, 8. Reyes and Patty Albritton use El Macho rather than a tractor or hoes to till and weed their crops of sweet peas, saffron, onions and chicos on Albritton’s family farm.

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    On a hillside overlooking Chimayó, Patty Albritton and Angel Reyes tend a two-acre field not with a tractor and hoes, but a horse-drawn plow blade. Albritton’s 8-year-old horse, El Macho, patiently walks the field’s rows in place of modern…

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