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Prince: A Story of Abuse, Rescue, Love

Posted by MOFGApedia Editor on September 01, 2007

This is the story of a Prince, perhaps more than one; and like many good stories this one started with an enormous and endlessly growing pile of manure, thanks to a man who repeatedly never comes to take it away. So I did the obvious thing finally, and put a “wanted – manure spreader” ad in Uncle Henry's.

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Kingdom Farmer Trades Tractors for Horses to Avoid High Gas Prices

Posted by MOFGApedia Editor on June 01, 2007

Dairy farmer William Butler of Barnet Center, Vermont, decided the only way to keep farming was to sell three gas guzzling tractors and rely on mighty horsepower. When gas prices rose and milk prices dropped, Butler sold three of his four tractors and, after a short stint working off the farm, started using horses the old-fashioned way.

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The Energy Efficiency of Horses

Posted by MOFGApedia Editor on June 01, 2004

The energy input required by a diesel tractor running on farmstead soybean oil equals that of a team of horses, according to the Land Institute in Kansas. However, the horses can replace themselves, while the tractor cannot.

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