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- From: Beth Spaugh <eas9 AT cornell.edu>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Animal power
- Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 22:08:26 -0400
Subscribe to "Small Farmer's Journal" and find some folks within a couple hours of you who use mules/horses to learn from.
http://www.smallfarmersjournal.com/
At 07:22 AM 5/22/2004 -0600, you wrote:
Liz mentioned this, so I will ask. Anyone on this list using cattle or
horses for draft power? I would like to get into draft power. I hate gas
powered engines due the noise, smell, and the fuel costs!!
I am in the process of training my mule to pull logs for firewood and a
stoneboat for feeding hay in winter.
I do visit the Rural Heritage Magazine website. I will be getting the
magazine soon. And I belong to a few draft lists. I bought a great draft
horse book. I also have several years of Mule Magazine someone gave us.
Don't caution me on the labor, time, and harness costs. I have done my
research. I know this is feasible and will help double my work output.
This is also supposed to be my "stress-relief" as working with this mule
tends to be for me. The mule was cheap, and I have quite a bit of the
equipment/tack. I can build or have built most equipment cheaply except for
the work harness and collar.
I know some techniques and have progressed okay. I just want to get further
ahead on training before hubby's back decides more tractors and smelly
machines should be around the place!
Christina
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Beth Spaugh
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[Market-farming] Animal power,
mtlivestock, 05/22/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] Animal power, Mark A Abner, 05/22/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] Animal power, Beth Spaugh, 05/22/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: [Market-farming] Animal power, Andrews, Shirley F., 05/24/2004
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