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Oba Herschberger

Oba Herschberger

Age: 59
Interview Date: 2/5/2008, 5/29/2008
Interviewer: Michael Maniscalco, Illinois State Museum
Interview Length: 71 minutes Sit-Down Interview, 114 minutes Walk-and-Talk Interview
County: Moultrie
Oba is a retired Amish dairy farmer. He now breeds and raises Belgian draft horses, and uses the horses to pull plows, planters, and other implements on his farm.

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50s

BioID: 5

County: Moultrie

Gender: Male

Interview Decade: 2000s

Transcript:

Image Gallery: Oba & Lorene Herschberger

Interview

File Label: ISM Interviews A-L, Segment 18

SEGMENT: FAMILY & RELIGION: Audio duration 10:32

SEGMENT: CHILDREN'S WORK: No Media duration 20:59

I hauled a lot of manure: duration 01:59

SEGMENT: LIVESTOCK & FARMING METHODS: Audio duration 17:38

Harber's Extreme Draft Horse: duration 01:02

Twelve acres a day: duration 01:17

Fewer pests with soil in good condition: duration 00:47

SEGMENT: FARMING METHODS & RELIGION: Audio duration 21:53

Finances -The Hardest Part of Farming: duration 00:59

SEGMENT: BUTCHERY: Audio duration 09:49

SEGMENT: FARM FACILITIES: Audio duration 07:20

SEGMENT: RELIGION: Audio duration 07:59

SEGMENT: FARM FACILITIES: Audio duration 14:59

File Label: Herschberger, Oba, Section 1

SEGMENT: WORK; LIVESTOCK: Video duration 11:23

Cleaning the milk machine: duration 00:44

SEGMENT: WORK; FARMING METHODS; ECONOMY: Video duration 17:04

How a lead team should look: duration 00:53

SEGMENT: LIVESTOCK: Video duration 11:27

SEGMENT: LIVESTOCK: Video duration 14:18

SEGMENT: LIVESTOCK; TRANSPORTATION: Video duration 12:35

A good Draft horse: duration 01:38

SEGMENT: FARM EQUIPMENT; WORK: Video duration 14:58