The dull roar of the interstate faded to almost nothing at the little plot of land near Horseshoe Pond as the clamorous sounds of modernity gave way to birds in song, the neighs of horses and the ...

In a field golden with last year's grain stubble, the scene seems to be one from a former era as teams of horses and mules plow and disk the land. It is here that veteran teamsters gladly share their ...

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I’ve actually plowed with a mule. How’s that for showing one’s age? Mule plowing wasn’t a regular event for me. I only did it a couple of times. Usually, Dad paid a man with a tractor to come plow our ...

Leelanau’s agricultural heritage is fundamental to the history of Northern Michigan and was the backbone of our area’s economy for centuries. In celebration and to honor the history of the area, ...

Miranda isn't the first hard- working woman who has to put up with a no-'count husband. But she's one of the most delightfully congenial. I met Miranda on a hot pre-summer afternoon, during a recent ...

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 ...

The plow cuts into the earth, turning soil that is the same deep brown hue as the giant horses pulling the antique farm machinery. "Haw," calls out Maddie Schill, and the team of Brabant draft horses, ...