[Homestead] Draft Horses

Lynda lurine at softcom.net
Sat Oct 11 14:08:21 EDT 2008


Donkeys have a mind of their own and a sense of humor.  Yes, a sense of 
humor and find humans entertaining.  Mules are more stoic.  Thus, mules are 
"easier."

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "SJC" <indexer at localnet.com>


> In every farming community I've lived in where either horses or mules
> were actually working critters, this tended to be a function of
> community.....
>
> And James' idea to check out Mammoth donkeys is a good one.  Several
> folks in this area are using them; they are good workers and said to be
> "almost as easy as mules", although in that conversation I didn't have
> time to check out exactly what was meant by that statement, but it was
> made by a guy 80+ who has used mules all his life, still has a beautiful
> 8 mule hitch that he works in addition to other assorted 4 legged workers.




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