Jack Smith doesn`t remember how long he`s been plowing behind a mule and he doesn`t intend to stop. ”I made a crop with them this year and I`m an old man,” Smith, 74, said. ”Most of my life, I`ve had ...

If you guys didn't know it, I grew up on a farm. We had all the animals associated with a small farm. We raised everything to eat except for flour, sugar, and a few other things. We also had a mule ...

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 ...

Mules have a reputation for stubbornness, but the golden-colored team that was pressed into emergency service as the stars of Plow Days at Dudley Farm Historic State Park on Saturday hit the field ...

“I bought her from an old Amish fella up in Tennessee,” said Stanley Underwood, 83, giving a firm couple of pats to the neck of his mule, Hat. Get the latest local and national business news from ...

“I bought her from an old Amish fella up in Tennessee,” said Stanley Underwood, 83, giving a firm couple of pats to the neck of his mule, Hat.

During my earliest years, there in the head of Blair Branch, my dad would get the itch to trade off the mule he had fed all winter and get one better suited for spring plowing. That, of course, brings ...

Farmers in the 18th century may not have had to worry about tractor repairs, but there is one factor they had to consider that modern farmers don’t have to worry about: mule temperament. Terri Penick, ...