"Come up!" crooned draft horse teamster Nolan Darnell to Purdy and Pepper, his white "Molly" mules, directing them to pick up the pace as they briskly marched in tandem down a country lane surrounded ...

FRUITLAND — Typically once each summer, harvest at Dancy Farms is a spectacle that draws a large crowd. Dan Cone invites friends and enthusiasts of draft horses and mules to bring their working animal ...

SEILING — Daugherty Family Draft Horse and Mule Field Day will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 15. Draft horses and mules from all over the state will demonstrate how farming was done a century ago, ...

Harvest time in eastern Washington usually brings out tractors, trucks and other modern machinery as farmers bring in their crops. But on one parcel of farmland, plowing, planting and harvesting is ...

SAVOY — Kristie Lee Gentile doesn’t like to think about to the horses she can’t rescue. Since 2019, Gentile has been taking in rescues of draft horses, mules, ponies and standardbred horses whose next ...

Though many visitors are coming to Summit County for its skiing, there’s one other activity that is especially festive around the holidays: sleigh rides. A handful of operators offer open sleigh rides ...

COLUMBIA - The Boone County Draft Horse and Mule Sale began Wednesday. Even with a rainy start, hundreds of people gathered for the sale. The sale runs for four days at the Boone County Fairgrounds.

Way before the modern tractor dominated the farm and ranch, horses and mules were used to do chores around the place, whether it was hauling hay, plowing or bringing supplies back from town. At the ...

COLFAX — Harvest time in Eastern Washington usually brings out tractors, trucks and other modern machinery as farmers bring in their crops. But on one parcel of farmland, plowing, planting and ...