Posted by Dave H (MI) on December 05, 2015 at 07:57:52 from (50.108.116.240):
In Reply to: Farming with Horses posted by John in La on December 05, 2015 at 07:33:08:
I think horse or mule would be a personal preference. Some people really like mules. Oxen have always sounded like a fun project to me but I could never get my kids interested and have not the time myself. A lot of breeds to choose from and you have to spend a lot of time training them. I don't know how many oxen it takes to pull a single bottom plow but I know when I worked at the state park we hooked up 3-4 horses to a single bottom with a seat you sat on and they pulled away. Mostly we used the teams to pull wagons full of people out to the corn maze, then pulled around to the back and pick up a load coming out of the maze then back to the parking area. Could be a long day staring at the back end of a pair of Belgians! I have always said that I thought a good smart team of any of the above, hooked to a flat rack, would be my first choice if I had to pick up small squares by myself. No tractor to climb up on. Just clear an area, tell them to move on and stop, and clear a new area.
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