Snowflake, a rescue animal who has recently been delivered to Fox Creek Farm, needs a warm winter blanket. But who will give him one? Emily, Anna, and Mandy come up with an ingenious plan to raise enough money to buy him a horse blanket that will fit.

Draft Horses and Mules, by Gail Damerow and Alina Rice, distills the great tradition of these impressive animals into a definitive guide. Designed for new or intermediate owners, the book shows readers how to choose an ideal team, feed and house them, maintain their health, ensure effective equine-human communication, select and use equipment properly, and employ the animals in a variety of agricultural, logging, and demonstration tasks

Traces the role of the draft horse throughout history and describes the characteristics of some of the most popular breeds including the Belgian, Clydesdale, Percheron, Shire, and Suffolk.

A historical view of the huge, strong animals which are mankind's work horses, discussing the five main breeds, and how to use and care for them.

Bill and Doll were no ordinary firefighters. They were fire horses! See how these brave four-legged firefighters risked their lives to help save others.

"Now is a time of exciting new developments for live animal power. As the numbers of adherents to this way of life grow, ecologically minded farmers in their fields are developing efficient horse-drawn systems, and equipment manufacturers in small shops all across North America and Europe are coming forth with new innovations in ground-drive technology that have us poised on the cusp of another agricultural revolution--with working horses, mules,...

Traces a year of life on a small dairy farm in western Wisconsin where draft horses rather than modern machines do most of the farm work.