In March the farmer harnesses the horses: the open-air museum in Maria Saal has hired four professionals to plough, harrow, sow and plant.
“Time passes like a plowshare,” says a Carinthian song. Ludwig Bitzan also accompanies the team and works the fields in the open-air museum in Maria Saal with Thomas Kothmiller-Uhl, the “half-boy” Elvis and Noriker mare Wenja. “If the plow is properly adjusted, you don’t have to hold it, let alone press it into the ground,” the two Maria Saalers explain. Plow depth, width and camber, i.e. how far the earth is rotated, can be adjusted. “It also varies depending on the surface. It takes a lot of time, years, to figure all this out. The horses must also be guided perfectly; they must not be crooked. Plowing requires a lot of mental work. And it remains hard work,” reveals the coachman, team leader and greengrocer Kothmiller-Uhl.
Source: Krone
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