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Logging A Draft Horse

NPR
Published April 8, 1996 at 12:00 AM EDT

A logger in Wisconsin uses a draft horse to pull pine trees out of the forest. Nick Van Der Puy reports that the horse can haul half as much as a logging truck, but is cheaper to maintain and causes less damage to the woods.

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