Post by WVsnowflake on Jun 9, 2008 20:17:52 GMT -6
Homesteading
Cheers for the long-ears
For homestead hardwork and comfortable companionship, their owners will tell you mules rule and donkeys are a dream. Talk to almost anyone who has one and they'll give you a lengthly list of these animals' virtues.
Edited by K.C. Compton
Donkeys and mules are remarkably versatile and hardy: They work as farm and pack animals as well as saddle mounts, jumpers and draft animals. Treasured for their intelligence and gentleness, they are sensitive and generally love people. If a mule or donkey is ill-tempered, experts say, it's a fair bet a human is to blame.
Comparisons to horses come naturally. After all, the animals are members of the Equidae family.
www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/2002-12-01/Marvelous-Mules-Delightful-Donkeys.aspx
I remember going to an Amish farm in Delaware, the Yoders had Mules to plow their fields and I couldn't get over the fact that the little boy riding on the back of the mule was way younger than me. He was only 5 !
Cheers for the long-ears
For homestead hardwork and comfortable companionship, their owners will tell you mules rule and donkeys are a dream. Talk to almost anyone who has one and they'll give you a lengthly list of these animals' virtues.
Edited by K.C. Compton
Donkeys and mules are remarkably versatile and hardy: They work as farm and pack animals as well as saddle mounts, jumpers and draft animals. Treasured for their intelligence and gentleness, they are sensitive and generally love people. If a mule or donkey is ill-tempered, experts say, it's a fair bet a human is to blame.
Comparisons to horses come naturally. After all, the animals are members of the Equidae family.
www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/2002-12-01/Marvelous-Mules-Delightful-Donkeys.aspx
I remember going to an Amish farm in Delaware, the Yoders had Mules to plow their fields and I couldn't get over the fact that the little boy riding on the back of the mule was way younger than me. He was only 5 !
