The draft horse, mule and donkey show took place at the National Western Stock Show in Denver on Jan. 21, 2024. The show highlights the sheer force of today’s draft horses with the 8 hitch teams of ...

DRY VALLEY, Ala. - Edward Harrison said Fred and Mandy were a devoted couple, working side-by-side day in and day out, and like Frank and Mack, they showed up ready for work on early spring mornings ...

Mules were the preferred animal to pull Erie Canal boats because the combination of their donkey and horse parents gave them special assets. Few people are as familiar with the fine lines between ...

A: According to an Encyclopedia of Alabama article by George B. Ellenberg, author of “Mule South to Tractor South: Mules, Machines, and the Transformation of the Cotton South,” mules came to be the ...

Do you imagine Farmer Joe sitting on a tractor? Or does your mind go somewhere more traditional, to a stomping oxen or a horse-drawn plow? Animal, or draft, power used to play a central role in ...