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Article: Draft horses: as useful today as ever.(The horse barn)
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- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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The term "draft" in draft horses comes from the word draught, which means to pull. Draft horses have been used to pull everything from farm implements to fire engines. Their contributions to civilization cannot be overstated for without them, this country could not have been settled. Draft horses and draft mules were used to pull long before tractors were on the drawing board and were probably the single most useful tool in the development of this country. Not only were they the "work horse" of the farm but they were practically the only source of transportation prior to the completion of the railroads across America. Although tractors, vehicles, and machines of every ...
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