SV when I started farming after dad died in 1979 I used some small horses and sometimes mules to do some tasks. I would use what we called a section harrow on the tobacco ground before setting it out. I also used them to cultivate the tobacco with a 3 footed plow and a gee whiz. If it rained a lot and the weeds got ahead of you it made for some hateful work. I later got a couple of draft mares that I used some to cut and rake hay. I had tractors I also did this with but when I wasn't pushed I found it somewhat satisfying to use something that could grow its own fuel. I don't talk on here too much about this because it seems to bring arguments from those that don't like horses but to each his own. I will end by saying I grew up around a lot of old timers that had farmed full time with horses. Many were glad to leave them and go to tractors. One told me using horses was just a slow way to starve to death. A lot of them made enough money by farming with horses to buy a tractor. I don't remember one telling me he used money made farming with a tractor to buy a workhorse. Lee
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