Posted by RMinVa on December 05, 2015 at 08:18:56 from (172.243.190.98):
In Reply to: Farming with Horses posted by John in La on December 05, 2015 at 07:33:08:
We used mules for flu cured tobacco from 1929 till 1973. Raised 18-20 acres each year. Only knew of 2 horses on the farm. One belonged to my uncle and he was the only one that used the horse. The other horse was used by share cropper. He killed the horse by getting her to hot. My uncle knew when to stop and let the animal cool down. The mules(4) would keep going while horse was cooling. Never saw it but 2 times that a mule was getting to hot to work and they will stop. Even saw one sit down in the middle of the field until it cooled down. Those mules could go from sunup to sundown with a noon break and some water.
I asked as a child why horses weren't used like mules and was told stories of teams of horses getting spooked and run away with a wagon or cultivator hooked to them. Wagons destroyed and sometimes folks were killed if the wagons overturned. Lots of the farm roads here ran through the woods. Runaways would hang trees with the wagons and break wheels off and such.
I bought a new 140 Farmall in 1968. I could cultivate as much as three mules could in a day. By 1973 got the second Farmall and sold the mules. Biggest con was we had to learn about compaction with tractors in the field. Mules didn't compact the soil. Pro was we didn't have to continue growing feed for mules and use that land for tobacco too.
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