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Mark Kimball's Draft Teams at Essex Farm in Upstate New York

Friday, May 6, 2011

Oragnic Farm Map of the US circa 2007

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Biological Agriculture.

Biological Power.

Biological Diversity.

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" . . . there does seem to be a natural marriage of thought between organic agriculture and work horses - a source of power that reproduces itself, with good care is self repairing, consumes homegrown fuel, and contributes to the fertility of the soil" ~ Maurice Telleen

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Draft Horse Fest in Lodi, CA May 13th

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Saving gas with Mules
Notes from a recent Read . . .

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Back to the future of the past . . .

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In the New York Times Today . . .

ON a sunny Sunday just before the vernal equinox, Rich Ciotola set out to clear a pasture strewn with fallen wood. The just-thawed field was...
Draft 101

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Comparison of Tractor to Horse Power

This is actually old data because gas prices are about 70 cents a gallon or more in just a month or so.
Outline for Final Paper

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