The Short Rows is the Agricultural History Society’s online space for members and guest scholars to comment on current affairs from their unique perspective as experts on the rural and agricultural past. If you are interested in contributing, please email Adrienne Petty (ampetty@wm.edu), Shane Hamilton (shane.hamilton@york.ac.uk) , or Cherisse Jones-Branch (crjones@astate.edu). All posts are licensed under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
We welcome essays that apply the stories and methodologies of our allied fields to the issues that currently affect our daily lives. If you are interested in contributing, please contact Adrienne Petty (ampetty@wm.edu), Shane Hamilton (shane.hamilton@york.ac.uk) , or Cherisse Jones-Branch (crjones@astate.edu). This post should be cited as: Lipsey, “Finding the Florida Cracker Horse,” The Short Rows, 9 May 2025. https://www.aghistorysociety.org/ahs-blog/mckay-jefferson-and-madison-two-farmers-talking