CNN had a story this morning about a woman in Oxford, GA who was so fed up with high gas prices that she took her pickup off the road. Now she travels 9 miles to work every day via a mule-drawn wagon.
In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, for awhile mules were going for higher prices than cars. The Israeli checkpoints blocked vehicular traffic, but if you had a mule, you could go off-road and around the checkpoint.
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trade your car for a mule?
by Leanan » Wed 13 Apr 2005, 10:31:43
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by DomusAlbion » Wed 13 Apr 2005, 10:57:45
Not a bad idea.
In addition to the free fertilizer that mules produce they are also much smarter than automobiles.
In addition to the free fertilizer that mules produce they are also much smarter than automobiles.
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by KiddieKorral » Wed 13 Apr 2005, 11:03:19
I'm keeping my car until either it dies or gas prices get so high that it costs me more to drive to and from work than I would make that day. Then the mule option would come into play.
EDIT: typo
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by pea-jay » Wed 13 Apr 2005, 11:08:52
personally, i'd rather have a bike or pedicab. Faster and you don't need to feed it and clean up after it.
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by Ebyss » Wed 13 Apr 2005, 17:00:47
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'H')ow are you going to get the gellato home before it melts?
You eat it
As for the mule? I'm already there... well.. I've a horse, not a mule.
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by DomusAlbion » Wed 13 Apr 2005, 17:23:43
Grazing animals do fine on dry grass but it's better to cut it when it's young and green because the protein content is higher. In California you guys have nice green grass most of the year, with summer being your dry period. Let the animals graze all year but take some cuttings (make hay) in the spring and supplement their diet with a little grain such as oats.
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-- Albert Bartlett
"It will be a dark time. But for those who survive, I suspect it will be rather exciting."
-- James Lovelock
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by Ebyss » Wed 13 Apr 2005, 18:28:42
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'C')an a mule or a burro live entirely on pasture? How much is needed?
Around one acre per horse is the typical rule. It will live quite happily on pasture all year round, stables/barns are really only for working horses/equids and those trying to save pasture (there are lots of other reasons, like hot or cold weather.. etc etc, but lets keep it simple).
One word though, it's considered quite cruel to keep an equid (horse, pony, donkey, mule) on it's own, they need company. If a few of you got together to get some land for your mules, you'd be set. It doesn't have to be lush green pastures either, that's for ruminants. Equids do just fine on the crappier grasses (though not barren wastelands with just weeds growing, that's pushing your luck).
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by generikan » Wed 13 Apr 2005, 20:11:43
You can watch that video here-
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or
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