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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...