Brass Ring Farm is located in Franklin Township, Pittstown, New Jersey. It is owned by Karl Zschack. The horses at the farm are mostly Thoroughbred and Warm Blood. Most of the Warm Blood horses came from Europe. The Brass Ring Farm is a horse farm that boards horses. These horses compete all over the United States. The horses are beautiful show horses. The horse farm is about 80 years old. The farm is about 258 acres in size. Brass Ring Farm is very historic. Parts of the farm house such as the library are 200 years old. The main farm house is about 60 years old. This is a horse farm and has been a horse farm for many years. Mrs. Pearce and Mr. Zschack do not own all the horses. This is not only a horse farm. Brass Ring Farm has a pig that is 650 pounds! This farm is busy every day. Chickens and roasters are also raised on Brass Ring Farm. The other animals raised on the farm are rabbits, pheasant, dogs, goats, cats, and turkeys. There is so much work to do that Mrs. Pearce and Mr. Zschack have had to hire outside help. The farm house has many old sections to it. When remodeling the house Mrs. Pearce found chicken wire and horse hair inside the walls. There is an Old Spring House on the farm that dates back to 1930-1940. Today it is used as a kennel. Mrs. Pearce became a farmer because her mother was a farmer. Her mother grew tomatoes and owned chickens. Mrs. Pearce loves what she does, She does not regret anything about being a farmer. Mrs. Pearce remembered when she was younger her friend owned the farm and they brought horses in the kitchen. In her free time, Mrs. Pearce spends time with her kids. She does everything a regular mother would do. The Pearce's have cats to catch the mice on the farm. Mrs. Pearce grows hay in the unused fields for her animals. The two types of show horses raised on the farm are hunters and jumpers. Both enter competitions, but are judged on different characteristics. Hunters are judged mostly on their appearance. Jumpers are judged on how well they jump in competition. Both horses perform routines that involve going over jumps. Natural colored jumps are used for hunters because the focus is on how the horse looks. Jumpers have bigger and brightly colored jumps because they are concerned with the performance of the horse. Mrs. Pearce braids fake tails into horses' real tails to make them look lush for horse shows. Mrs. Pearce amusingly said, "I have to learn to do this by next week, or there will be a stub tailed horse in the show!" Even though Mrs. Pearce works very hard she loves what she does and will always be a farmer. Brass Ring Farm in winter.

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An Essay on Brass Ring Farm written by Heather Housman for the "Most Historic Site in Franklin Township" Contest sponsored by The Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission

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