The Small Farmers Journal is a family owned business that was created in 1976. The types of business they cater on are agricultural periodical and book publishing, natural farming and stock raising, alternative farm research/inquiry, horsedrawn implement research & development, horsedrawn equipment sales and other related education. The family believes in farming as the way of life instead of what other farmers might believe that farming is an industrial process.

The Small Farmers Journal is also run the business with a strong sense of ethical conviction based on their beliefs. There are choices in life that we make and stand by with the owners of the Small Farmers Journal they chose to make farming as their way of life. By making farming as a way of life we do not only benefit from it but also the rest of the world. Some of the principles that the Small Farmers Journal follow are that people belong in agriculture, that farming is a noble craft and other principles that will reflect how farming should be.

The Small Farmers Journal will be sponsoring a Horsedrawn Auction And Swap Meet from April 17, April18 and April19, 2009. This will be held at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds at 430 Fairgrounds Road in Madras, Oregon. The sponsors would like to invite the community to take part of the event either as advertisers, vendors or just want to enjoy the horses and mules in harness.

The admission fee is free for the public. There will be a parking fee of $5.00 per vehicle. There will be different activities featured from live auctions to equipment auctions. There will also be a swap meet that visitors will enjoy.

Vendors will be allowed to set up and check in on April 15, 2009 from 12:00 noon to 5:00 P.M. and April 16 from 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Then on April 17 starting from 8:00 A.M the auction will start with the tack, harness, small items, and antiques in the arena until noon. After this the Blacksmithing and Farrier tools will follow until dark. At 1:00 P.M. outside the arena there will be Farm implements and misc. large items auctioned until dark.

On April 18 from 8 am till dark in the arena Harness, carriage related small items and antiques will be auction from 8:00 am to 10:30 am. Then there will be Carriages, Wagons, Coaches, and Sleighs etc. from 10:30 am till dark or the auction will be done. April 19th from10:00 A.M. there will be a Horse Sale in the arena then after this all remaining items that have not been sold will be presented again.