2016年2月9日 · Plowing with 18 gangplows The mule barn measured 90 feet wide and 220 feet long, and had enough space to house at least 200 mules. Storage space for hay and machinery was on the second floor, reached by a ramp at the back of the building.

2009年3月26日 · A mule’s hoof was different from a horse being a bit smaller and thinner and required a different type shoe. Their only trained job is for pulling a plow in the field or pulling a farm wagon. Mules were usually imported from Tennessee or Missouri where they were bred and some say they were smarter than a horse.

View from behind of a farmer plowing behind a mule team. There are possibly 8 mules. On one side of the plow and team there is plowed earth and on the other there is vegetation or crops.

An unidentified farmer is standing on a device that appears to be a skid elevated by 3 or more long wooden dowels. A mule is harnessed to it by two chains and a rope is attached to the left side of the mule's mouth area known as a side pull. The field is …

African American farmers plow fields with mules in the United States (appears to be southern U.S.). African American farmers and mules outside the farm house. The farmers attach the plows to the mules.

Twenty-three selenium-toned 8 x 10 matted and framed photographs taken in the 1970s comprise the exhibit, “You May Plow Here.” In June 1974, I sat down to lunch with Sara Brooks, who had worked in my parents’ Cleveland household since 1948.

2020年4月16日 · It just so happened that as we were driving and looking for a good spot to photograph the locomotive and train as it made its way, we spotted this farmer plowing his field on foot with his mule. That was a sight to see. Very rare, even for the 1980s. This image looks as though it could have been made during the infamous "Dust Bowl" of the 1930s.

Here’s how a farmer described plowing with his favorite mule, Buck: “Old Buck was a sheer pleasure to plow with. The only noise was the tinkling of the trace chains and my soft commands of ‘whoa’, ‘gee’, or ‘haw.’. The birds sang so pretty and I …

Paul Reno wrote us about one of his big recreation projects, putting 21 mules and “Schandoney” (Shenandoah) hitch to 13 plow bottoms. In his words; “This was my 2000 & 2001 project rebuilding 3 stockton gang plows, butt chain harness, and Gene Hilty’s 21 …

Mules, with their reputations for disproportionate strength, excellent hooves, and stoic sensibility, are often valued on the farm. Ray and Gert Tjoelker of Custer, competed with their team of mare mules in the 69th annual International Plowing Match in Lynden, Washington this April.