Work Animals of Appalachia, A Time Gone By.
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- A story of the Work Animals used in Farming, Logging ang Mining back in the day before modern machinery in these mountains and beyond. Thanks for watching. NOTE: Picture are just to tell the story and not actual pictures of the events. SUBSCRIBE:: LIKE AND SHARE:: HELP GROW YOUR CHANNEL THIS CHANNEL COVERS 9 DIFFERENT SUBJECTS !!! ( CHECK IT OUT) 1. Metal Detecting 2. Wildlife Videos 3. History & Mountain Culture 4.The Unexplained 5. Home projects 6. Hunting & Fishing 7. Nature Videos 8.Mining History 9. Video Shorts
I am the caretaker of the family “Century” farm in West Tennessee. I have saved all of the mule drawn equipment from my grandfather. It is tucked away under the lean-to of the board and batten cypress barn now. When my grandfather started the farm he had two mules, Blue and Belle.I have completed restorative work to the barn and in hopes it will stand another 100 years! I just love your videos.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
God Bless you. May come the day when u will be using it again. 👍
There are those special ones in the family who are the caretakers of the family's heritage. Hope you are doing well now. Cousins of mine keep up the "family farm," in Northeast Tennessee!
May God bless you Donnie for showing all of us what it was like centuries ago. Bless those animals for helping everyone take care of themselves & their families!! I feel sad watching all of these things and would love for all generations to be able to view & understand what hard work & determination is all about!! Donnie, my friend, please keep recuperating & healing & we’re all just watching your playlists of times gone by!! Blessings always… in Jesus’name! ❤️😊✝️
Being a truck driver, I travel through a lot of the Amish communities around the country. Watching those Amish farmers with their draft horse teams working their fields is really impressive. When you look at how they still do it today, and the superior quality of their crops, then you look at the modern, GPS-guided, computerized equipment and the crops on the modern farms, you have to wonder if all the technology and "progress" in modern agriculture is really better, at all!
WOW! Thanks for sharing my friend.
Same in Wisconsin, their food just plain tastes better...corn, beans, bread and pastries, raw milk and butter. Corporate farms are bigger, not better.
I live in Pennsylvania so in the heart of Amish country. We also have some Old Order Mennonites who use the same skills. I love seeing them.
Funny as a kid one of my favorite tv shows was The Waltons. I loved the setting, the family and often wished I could have sat at the table or on the porch listening to Grandma's stories and the skills they passed down.
Im spoiled with our modern conveniences but somehow feel we are missing out.
Yes, and watch out for all the EMF rays given off by all these Bluetooth and 5g cellphones, and micro waves invented to cook meat but now used for communication. The FCC is supposed to be protecting us from harmful electronics, but I think they’d sell us down the tubes for under a nickel- and have been all along. The preservatives in foods are disgusting, and even smell bad nowadays- smells like cheap varnish in some of these products. It’s so bad that I face away whenever I open these ziplock food bags. I used to love the smell of fresh bread, but nowadays it smells like water soluble varnish. So, make sure that you have received the Lord Jesus as Lord and Savior, because all the signs of his coming are in place. And, “If you confess with your mouth ‘Jesus is Lord’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.”- Romans 10:9.
@@davidmiller2238 Actually you have it backwards..In 1945, the heating effect of a high-power microwave beam was accidentally discovered by Percy Spencer, an American self-taught engineer from Howland, Maine. Employed by Raytheon at the time, he noticed that microwaves from an active radar set he was working on started to melt a chocolate bar he had in his pocket.
I'm from (Almost Heaven) West Virginia, born & raised here in these beautiful mountains. The older I get the more I realize just how much God has truly blessed me by placing me here in these beautiful mountains. I thank God everyday for these beautiful mountains & all the beautiful people I live around. I Love and appreciate your videos, you're doing a wonderful job at helping preserve appalachian history & the struggles & hardships of generations gone by. I'm convinced now more than ever that hard as old timers had it back then it was a better lifestyle than living in the fast paced world we do today. Men & their families worked hard and Loved one another, communities & neighbors came together to help each other. If people still worked hard as our ancestors did back then people wouldn't have time to be flipping out & killing each other, they would be forced to help & Love their neighbors in order to survive. Idle hands is the devils playground. I firmly believe that. May God bless you & thank you for sharing & preserving bits of appalachian history with us. 🙏❤️
Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing your memories with us. God bless you. Your very welcome.
Thanks for these videos. It shows how hard our fore father's worked to make this country what it is today. It's sad to see that people don't appreciate that. God bless
@@lifesajourney9575 My Nieces Husband a Hails From Your Beautiful As Maine.Swapped Some Dang Fine Tale's of Growing Up in Each State.
Sr.Donnie you made me go back to my childhood and remember when my father used two oxen to work our land. there he grew corn and barley. At the time of harvesting the corn grains and growing the barley, our neighbors who were many in our community joined us. They did not always help and also in payment for helping us they were allowed to collect as much as they could to supply their own families. in those times there was a lot of unity between neighbors . In my house there were always children from the community playing with all my brothers and sometimes we (my brothers and I) moved to theirs. In those times there was respect , humility and above all the words of the people were like signing a commitment to pay . watching and listening to this unforgettable video until my eyes got wet. I was only 7 years old and today I am 62 . I live in Leesburg, Virginia. How I would like to return to those times where, despite the lack of comfort, people lived better.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
@@donnielaws7020 wow she said that whole comment beautifully and with sincere passion.
Speaking of people's word being good...my uncle ran a small grocery store, only rarely collected cash today for groceries today. Didn't turn anyone away, even folks who might never be able to pay. You got credit if you brought in fruit or vegetables, poultry or eggs, he'd even take fresh fish (I used to get soft drinks like that). He didn't die rich no one forgot him.
@@haroldwilkes6608 Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
My family is from Aldie, VA. My dad grew up on a farm that has been in the family for 160 years. My dad used regale us with stories of the draft animals, the arrival of the threshing machine for the wheat, with it's long drive belt. They didn't get electricity till 1940.
Oh Lord Mr. Donnie, once again you have struck some of the best memories of my childhood with my Grandpa !! I've helped him plow, mow hay, rake hay, and log out trees with an ole mule named Kate, she was a big red mule, strong too, she would pull anything Grandpa hooked her up to !! She worked hard as Grandpa asked her but, when she wanted a "breather" as Grandpa would call it, she would just flat out stop a few minutes and Grandpa would say "well, I reckon we can get us some cold water to drink from the spring while Miss Kate catches her breath" ! Lord I sure do miss my Grandpa, we made a lot of memories together , and I reckon I miss ole Kate too !!! LOL thank you Sir for yet another sweet trip down memory lane !!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
Grandma had a 25yr old horse named Cricket that she could send out by herself to round up the cows in the barn for milking... to this day l think animals are smarter than we give them credit for.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
I think there is GREAT historical value in this video! I wish it was required for school children to watch and to understand just how hard it was to make a living in these generations. Maybe it would make children appreciate modern conviences. I know it does me. I spent my childhood listening to my grandmother explain everything you are showing in this video! This one is one of your finest. I’m going to save it in my favorites file. Thank you!
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I remember my granddaddy talking about he started out in the mines as a kid taking care of mules. There were 2 or 3 that came home every night with him. He combed and polished those mules as if they were like a fancy car. He collected up unusable mining helmets and redid them to fit the mules' heads so they wouldn't hit their heads in low places. The foreman noticed how well he cared for the animals, and put him over the other boys to teach them how to care for the animals. He said he really took it personal if one of the other boys didn't take care of their animals right, but after giving them a few black eyes, they usually came around. This was in eastern Kentucky.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
It's amazing how times have changed... This video shows hard work. How family's struggled. Back then family's and neibores worked together. They appreciate everything....Love and gratitude..... I think we have forgotten this.....Thank You Sir.
So true! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Another awesome video !! Thank you.
We're now the most coddled and pampered people in history but the character of the people has diminished sharply.
@@haroldwilkes6608 Harold... EXACTLY and one of the biggest reasons this country
has fallen like
ROME did!!!!!!
And they became true families back then. Worked together and stayed together.
The generations that have left us had so much knowledge and work ethic that are sadly missing in this country. Mamaw always said life got too easy back about the 50’s and the TV ruined (rurned) a lot of people.
Thanks for sharing my friend.
A good word: rurned or rurnt.
Yes tv is a double edged knife.
I can't imagine any other person narrating this video. Very calming and relaxing. Times have definitely gone by. Bless those ole times animals. ❤️
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
He does have a pleasing voice
Another great video Mr Donnie. One of many best ones to me. I loved because it reminded me of my Granddaddy. He loved horses and especially ole mules. He was always around them working them just like these folks was a doing. I remember him telling me when I won't big as nothing about how he would work the fields and different things with them. I remember he loved going every year to the Virginia State Fair to watch the horse and mules pulls, ha. I loved it just as much going with him. I just wanted to thank ya Mr Donnie for this video and bringing back memories with my Granddaddy. I always appreciate you my friend
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Mr. Laws, thank you for the program. I recall in '76 at the Wasco county fair they had a horse draw pull. The winner was a mid weight team and I'll never forget the driver, a big man 300# plus brought his team to the line. All was pin drop quiet and you could ear him say in a calm voice, Jim,Rob then he moved his line forward. The horses looked at each other looked ahead and leaned into the harness moving their legs like a locomotive, pulling until their legs dug in in unision. It was the most beautiful thing I ever saw.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing your memories. God bless.
They had a work ethic back then that will never be matched today. Farmers and their animals were the ultimate team. Working hard to put food on their families table and to feed their animals was probably a day to day struggle. Another important lesson for us all Mr. Donnie. Thank you for all you do for us.
Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
How well I remember those good old days. we kids couldn"t wait to visit our grandfather and other family members who lived on farms back then,especially during the summer months when we were out of school.Everything interested us wherever we looked and explored.Thank you,sir for these gone,but not forgotten precious times.
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My mother used to tell stories about their mule, Old Dan. She did love that old critter! Thanks for another awesome tale, Donnie. Sometimes I wonder if we wouldn't be better off, going back to the older times! God bless you, my friend!💖
Awesome! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
My grandfather had a Ford tractor in the barn and still plowed with his mule.
Here in the northern Piedmont of North Carolina, most farmers used mules. Grandpa had a team, Kate and Nell. Daddy said he got to where he could plow tobacco with Nell without the plow lines.
Thanks for sharing my friend.
Wow that is awesome
When I was a little boy back then. I saw a team of horses pulling a fruit wagon where I lived. It was a sight, I never seen the like before, but when I was allowed to stay out a little longer I saw many. Many wagon of all types, fruits, beverages, sharpener who came to sharper knives or scissors and ice wagons. Those were hard times to those who had to make a living. It was a adventure and a wonder to us as kids. But we never as kids back then consider the hardship they all had to face. I miss those days. Once again thank you for reminding me of time past. Take care of yourself and be safe, Maranatha.
Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing your story my friend.
Mr. Laws, please don't let old ways fade away!! Keep the stories and memories alive! God Bless You!!
Thank you friend. God bless you.
Amen That raven,Amen.
It was a pleasure to see and hear this story...my families did the usual and fled the land for the city....but the culture they grew up in continued in many ways. But one thing struck me as the picture of the nurse on horseback came up. Just today I got a home visit from a nurse practitioner ....so some of old styles persist! Always a valuable lesson to look back and remember where we and our predecessors came from and how it was-- thanks as usual!
Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
You have become my favorite channel Mr. Donnie. My paw paw always favored a team of mules, we lived up on a ridge and he said a mule was more "sure footed " than a horse. You remember them old "hit or miss" motors people used to use on the farm before tractors ? Them old mowing machines and hay rakes sure bring back alot of memories. Thanks for the video.
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I guess I was the only grandson that papaw taught to plow with a mule of course my dad said he worked the fields from sun up to sundown before WW2 I recall the particular old mule I learned with Pap called Duck a fine animal and can even remember my mamaw churning butter seems like a simpler time was a better time thanks for another great video Mr. Laws!
Awesome! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Better time's for sure. I was raised that way also. Modern times are not better.
Donnie my friend you did it again. The beauty of of mule named Ed, oh yes my dad had one. He was red in color and dad raised him from a young mule. He was the strength behind our farm. Tobacco crop, corn fields,and gardens. Pulling timber out of hollows to cut up for wood to heat. Since dad raised the mule, in a calm voice and made sure he was well fed. Growing up we watched the work between my dad and Ed the mule. Being a young teenager I wanted to work with the mule and dad finally allowed me to. This mule and dad had so close of a relationship he listened for dad's voice. I hold on and kept the lines tight and dad would set at the end of the field plowing Tobacco. If Ed was starting to give me a hard time,stepping out of the row. Dad would call on the mule "straighten-up Ed" and he would go right back into order. We go to cut trees for lumber and wood. Dad and I would carry out equipment into the Hollow, pick the tree's and cut them. After all was trimmed up and ready to be pulled out of the Hollow. I go get old Ed, put all the gears and tack on him and send him over the hill. Dad would call on him and he would go straight to dad. Dad would use chains with hooks to tie the logs and send Ed back up the hillside to me. I'd unchain the logs, reset the gear (rigging and tack) and send Ed back over the hill. We would do that till lunch. Then I go over the hill into the Hollow and dad would work on top. Same set up, I'd hook the chains and hooks round the logs and send Ed to the top. Donnie yes it was work. But, I never saw working this mule with my dad as work. Believe it or not,it was just a route work and helping my dad and the family was always a great thing to do. Knowone could ride this mule except the children, all dad had to do was talk to the ole mule and tell him let that baby ride now. My dad passed at 60 yrs old 28 years ago. But Donnie the day he had a brain bleed. We had been in the tobacco field all day. I was grown,married with 2 young sons. But, every day I had a day off or even after work. I would be at dad's working on something. And hat ole mule Ed, well he was a great part of our life's. Oh I bought horses and we rode them on trails we cut thur the woods. Even my children were riding. But, the Beauty of a man and a mule working together and so well close. That mule knew what was expected of him and did it. And a good man who made sure that mule was well taken care of, just speaking to that mule. It was a beautiful thing to watch. So many memories of that mule named Ed, and I caring man would knew the best way to work a mule. It was a beautiful thing to see. Today my dad had been gone like I said 28 years, and the ole mule Ed lived another few years just retired in the paster, receiving ear scratches and some fed. I watched that mule after dad died. He would stand in the paster and watch for dad to come to the fence or barn. That's a bond that people don't see, a mule and his farmer and logger. Thanks Donnie again beautifully done and bring back beautiful memories of my yesterday's. God bless you and your family
Awesome story my friend. Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing this with us my friend.
@@donnielaws7020 thank you for bringing the beautiful history of our people ❤
@@2WOLFS Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Beautiful story,thank you.
Hi, love your videos. This one was no exception. Raised on a small farm near coal camp
# 13 , Pageton WV.
We had 2 horses but they were for riding pleasure. With us 5 boys at home it seemed like my brothers and I were the farm animals. We hoed a lot of corn and potatoes.
We had a good life but we had to work hard. Dad was a miner and so was Grandpa.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
Fascinating video Donnie! Hard to believe how things have changed when you think about the days of oxen and mules. Love the tack room you visited-I noticed the horseshoe on the outside above the door.
Thanks. The old farm is a old place from back and now it's just going away. It's the land here is all that matters now. Tourism and progress is destroying our history on this side of the mountains. A acer of land along 66 here is going for 3 million dollars. It's so sad. Thanks Tipper.
@@donnielaws7020 It's happening here too Donnie.
God bless you too, Donnie. My uncle worked his farm with Henry, the mule, until they both became to feeble to go into the fields. As they grew older, Uncle Albert and Henry would walk around the pasture field when they could. Modern farmers might love their tractors but the tractors don't love them back.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
Howdy Donnie- I remember my grandpa using his jennys for working his gardens. My Daddy collected old horse shoes and always had a soft spot in his heart for how hard them old animals had to work. Times back then was hard but people who lived out in the country knew how to work. Thank you so much for sharing this. God’s blessings to y’all
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I have a long blacksmithing heritage in my family and I still have the old tools that they used back then and I'm still following those old traditions and teaching them to my grandchildren to keep it alive... thanks for the great videos
That' awesome! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
This was great Donnie! I personally feel some of the technology we have today has been beneficial, especially when it comes to working the land in any way. Handling a team of horses, mules or oxen took great focus, patience and very good care of the animals in every way. Tractors, plows, combines, thrashers, etc. have definitely been a blessing for farmers, ranchers and anyone that grows crops. Technology, however, does have its down side in other ways and places. Based on my 20 + years working in the medical field as a CNA/CMA/HHA and Medical Assistant, I personally do NOT feel Technology for use in exam rooms has been the right move. When you have to make sure every little box is checked for "meaningful use" which is required because of Electronic Medical Records in every single doctors office in the US, you're looking at a computer screen, checking boxes and typing. You spend 95% of your time in that exam listening to the patients answer your questions; the other 5% you can determine by their tone of voice, and that simply isn't reliable or enough. So much patient information is lost in translation that way. A patients facial expressions, eye contact or lack there of and body language will tell you EVERYTHING their words do not, which is vital; especially for patients at their initial post op appointment. When the server is down or the computers crash in any medical environment/setting, all patient information is inaccessible. That means you can't look up the most recent patient history per their last office visit. For chronic medical issues, post op appointments, that is a huge problem. Paper charts with handwritten office visit patient history, dictation, lab results, surgical reports, current medication, PT reports and so on NEVER CRASH. All you have to do is open the chart and everything you need is right there. Technology has also been a communication hindrance for those 30-35 and younger, generally speaking. They've spent so much time with their face staring at a screen they lack the ability to hold a real one to one conversation complet with eye contact. I've been told by many people in that age demographic that actually talking to people in person makes them uncomfortable especially where small talk is concerned. In any job or career where customer service is an absolute must, eye contact when speaking to a customer, patient, client or resident is 100% necessary, many younger people fail horribly in those settings because they don't understand or know how to use the art of conversation. As I said, generally speaking. Their English is awful and their spelling is even worse. To that end, too much technology has caused human beings to "devolve"; and that is a travesty. Thanks for sharing!~APRIL LIPKE
Awesome story. Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
I truly enjoyed the video on working animals in Appalachia. I've had several good work mules and riding mules too,in my opinion you just can't beat a Good Mule.Thanks Donnie for reminding us of how it used to be, less we forget 🙂.
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People these days ain’t got a clue what work is..ain’t got a clue what it’s like to go without..Awsome Video Mr Donnie!!!!
Thanks for sharing my friend.
My Grandfather worked his farm with horses. I cannot imagine how long it took to hook up 30 horses! Those horses had to have a good disposition to all work together without a problem. This video brought back good memories of riding the draft horses bareback and how large they were. Kids now don't care where their food comes from. All they know is the grocery store. Sad. Thanks for another fantastic video!
Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Enjoyable as usual! Thanks, Donnie. There were mines that actually kept stables at the bottom of the shafts for the mules & horses. It saved time not having to take them in and out. They worked there until they couldn't do it or died.
Sad! Thanks for sharing my friend.
Thanks for another great video,, my grandpa Duvall was a moonshiner back in the 20's and 30',40's,, he used a mule,, buckboard to haul his shine out of holler's !!!
Thanks for sharing my friend.
Hi Donnie, great video!.
Hey Donnie it’s is a shame too see the old farm tack buildings and tack waste like that. It saddens me to see the old equipment set there and rust away. Donnie could someone or some organizations repair the old barns and save them and the equipment? In that area. I hope someone would.
Donnie do you remember how old you was when you first learned how to plow by yourself? Lol. My dad was about 8 when he was turned loose on one. I’m from eastern Ky not far from where you was raised. I also was raised on a small farm. Love this video!. Thanks!.
Awesome! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
I was 10 years old when I started plowing with a team of horses and a hillside plow. I was proud because I was the only kid in school that could plow. Later on I used a mowing machine and hay rake like those in the video. All our land was on a hillside so you had to be real careful.
What. Beautiful memories this brought to me. My great grandpa raised some of the best horses and mules around.
I can remember as a little kid watching an old farmer working his horses....Gee and Haw...I had to ask my Daddy what that meant...lol.
Thanks for sharing my friend.
Gee and Haw was for right and left but I'm not sure which went with which.
Some of my earliest memories of my Great Grandfather are of him in the field behind 2 mules pulling a plow in Arjay KY. I was probably 4-5 years old when I first saw him plowing the field.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
Thank you for showing us a piece of our history. I loved it. You are a special man doing all your different videos for us. God bless you as you bring America closer together again.
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Thxs for sharing Donnie. Brings back memories with pa paw and even my Dad useing a team of Mule’s farming & logging. I was 11 years old useing a team.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
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I love that I live in an area with a lot of Amish. They still farm using the horses and mules. I see kids as young as maybe 12, 13, 16 driving a pony cart or driving the mules. I see the young working alongside the grandparents and just all working together. Oh, and Amish numbers are increasing so there at least will be someone to pass on these skills.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
Another Wonderful Video! Many memories of my Grandfather and others from my youth. Thank you so much for sharing! 🥰
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That brought back some old memories of the days when I rode an old horse rake, raring hay here on the old farm. By this time it was pulled with an old tractor a 1950 massy Ferguson tractor. I can remember when I was a kid the old horse collars still hanging in the tac room of the old barn. I have an old brass knob off the top of one of these old horse collars , and an old cow bell. Yes this brought back a lot of old and good memories for me, thanks Donnie, this as really brightened my day, these old memories.
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In the future we'll hitch politicians instead of mules .
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Thanks for sharing my friend.
Ain't no politician smart enough to pull a plow!
Thanks for bringing back a memory of my grandfather working his fields with his mules,he has been gone many years now,and oh how I loved that old man,well that memory stirred that love today which got me thinking about how that one day I will meet up again with my grandad on the other side,and I sure hope there are coonhounds and mules in that place we call heaven ❤
Amen. Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
People say mules are stubborn, but that simply isn't so. Mules have a profound sense of self preservation, and simply will not let you work them to death.
That's so true. Thanks for sharing that my friend.
Well done Donnie. Around where I live, horse pulls are still a big deal. Several towns around me hold one or two pulls a year. We have a day dedicated one afternoon to the horse pull at our yearly Home Coming. Not just local teams either, men bring theirs from KY and MO and southern IND. I had saddle horses most of my life till I got too stoved up to ride anymore. Love me some mules and horses now.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
We had 2 mules and 2 big Percheron mares growing up. Used the mules for mowing on the steep places and the big mares for heavier work like plowing and pulling logs. I miss that life. It’s mostly gone now.
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thank you so much Donnie I'm sure a lot of time was spent making this video. just wanted to let you know that I appreciate you recording all the history of the old days it's always a treat when you upload a video. thanks again Donnie looking forward to future videos!!
Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
THANK YOU DONNIE I REALLY ENJOYED IT. GROWING UP MY FATHER HAD A MULE '' OLD RED '' WE TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF HER WE BRUSHED HER AND WE THOUGHT SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL/
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Great video. I remember my grandfather talking about mules. Never heard him talk about owning a tractor before he got out of farming and went to work in a furniture factory.
Thanks for sharing my friend.
I'm just about ready to move there Donnie! I got a few more days here and I got a bus ticket to Etawah
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
Good story and details sir...Search for local Mule Day festivals in almost every state. Cairo GA. has a great one. The mule parade ( also riding and work horses) gives a glimpse of the power in these animals and why they were valued..
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I love you and your beautiful videos and I love the music you use sir. I really love all the videos you do and I truly appreciate you so much ❤.
Awesome! Thank you very much! Thanks for sharing my friend.
I love history so thank you for the wonderful insight. God bless you !
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My grandfather plowed with a mule named Belle. I would follow him and try to step in his steps. Jackson County, Georgia. Good memories from your video.
Thanks for sharing my friend.
@@donnielaws7020 YW
Jerry Clower once said “you plow a horse until he falls over dead,you plow a mule,he’ll stop before you kill him” lol. True! 😀
😀 Thanks for sharing my friend.
I love hearing this and seeing old photos. Thank you so much
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A man I grew up around collie Payne of big pine north Carolina has a picture of him and his oxen in the Smithsonian! What a honor to know this hard working old man!
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@@donnielaws7020 no problem
Love your work however the inhumane treatment of the animals is not shown here ! There IS and WAS TERRIBLE INHUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS & until we can treat other sentient beings like they have feeling / feel pain just like WE DO we are LOST
Thanks for sharing my friend.
Thank you Mr. Laws.
My Great Papaw's plow horse was named Alice, according to those who knew her.
It has been said that she'd bucked all but a few who tried to ride her---she never bucked my daddy.
She went blind at age 25; before I was born. I remember her tack hanging in the smoke house.
"Frank" never allowed a tractor on his place, and passed in 1976 at the age of 99 years and 6 months.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
Times gone by.......................something about those days when people had more self reliance than people of today. Back then they knew how to live without modern conveniences, had much more knowledge of healing and kinship as well. Thanks Donnie for sharing.
Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Everything you mention, including the nurse on a horse is what I heard from my grandma about life growing up in rural North Dakota in the 1930s. She was a premature birth, and the nurse came from 15 miles away on horseback in January to deliver her. She then spent a few weeks in a shoebox in the wood/coal oven while the nurse stayed at the house and took care of her and my great-grandma.
Awesome story. Thanks for sharing my friend.
🏔 Absolutely Awesome Info Thank you Donnie
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So enjoy watching how farming was done back in the day. The dark horse that you said was a monster horse the breed is Percheron. They are big bulky animals that have a lot of power
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God bless you Donnie for sharing history gone by.
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Another good one 👍. I just missed the mules, family had a tractor by my time. We have some collars and reins. A old cabin (1850s) is down the hill from me. I show everybody. Thanks brother.
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I've always had a soft spot for Pit Ponies and mules. Every man, woman, child and beast had to work together just to survive. They all pulled together.♥️
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In the late 50"s my Papaw would plow the ranch (well it was 2 ac but at abt 4-5 I thought it was a ranch) with a borrowed mule and plow. He was probably late 60's early 70's. Grew food for the family for the year. Hard but better days. Thanks Donnie.
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Donnie,I call you the voice of the past. I only hope we as subscribers will be the voice of the future. Keep telling your stories so we can share them with this present generation. You do a fine job!
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I grew up on an old farm like that in the hills of Tennessee, and I remember alot of these old tools. My Mom married an old timer that still worked the land with animals. He also had an old forge just up the lane from the old barn. He repaired and made old wagon wheels and any of the old equipment. He could not read or write but if you put something in front of him and said fix it would get fixed. I grew up listening to his ole' bear tales! Looking back I wished I would have payed more attention to those old tales. Thank you Donnie for these videos, they bring back so many memories of times passed. Many blessing to you from the hills of Tennessee
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I thoroughly enjoyed this video.It made think of my Dad & his stories about a harder yet simpler life than today.Fortunately I learned how to use this living equipment.Like our milk cows,if you were mad at them for kicking your milk bucket & if you swatted or smacked that cow, especially one that has been milked for years,you got your tail tore up with a switch,belt or whatever was close & handy to pick up.
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Please tell me how I can get the music 🎶 to this wonderful wonderful video, your music 🎶 is amazing and beautiful. Thank you so very much ❤♥ sir.
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Really interesting video my friend. My grandpa would always tell stories about how he would get the little miniatured mules and have them pull stuff just for fun! Nice video! Keep it up.
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Hello from Oklahoma, I just found your channel, I just love it. You make me homesick for the mountains and I've never lived there.
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Here in the Southern hills of Kentucky my Daddy wld log out cedar logs and My Grandfather used his mules to plow our gardens and tobacco patches.... Those were the days.... I sure miss them days.....
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You know when I was growing up in Appalachia all I could ever think about was getting out of here now you couldn't drag me out of here with a team of mules born here live here they'll bury me here!
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In Appalachia or the south, the mule was more common than the north or plains where horses, especially big draft horses, did the work.
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Thanks handsome for another great learning experience. Very interesting to see.
Hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday. 😊
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My ancestor was a circuit rider Presbyterian preacher. As a young man he rode a horse, in his later years he got a small wagon. After a stroke he would have the grandchildren drive the wagon.
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When I was little I would ride on the mules my great uncle had thinking I was driving. He thought I was a funny kid.
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I recently found a picture of me and my two older brothers riding on our Grandmother's old gray mare while she was plowing Tobacco in the early sixties
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Made me home sick. My grandpaw had two mules, genie and jack. Grandpaw had a saw mill he used both mules. He never had to put genie in a fence he just let her run free. All he had to do was call her name and she would come running.
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My mom and dad used to use the old horse drawn equipment they modify them a little bit and put them behind a John Deere a or a John Deere b
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Great pictures and really good stories
Moma said of the old mule teams that you had to keep them together if they were a pair you couldn't separate them so if you wanted to sell one you had to sell the pair that pulled together
Beautiful old times
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My father in law had a fine horse 🐎 and they parked two cars side by side and he jumped those cars on the horse, doing a bit of drinking of course
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Still use a mule on my farm where a tractor can't work.
Thanks Donny, very interesting!
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Thank you Mr. Donnie, I appreciate you sharing this video of the work animals of days gone by. Brought back a lot of memories of my childhood, watching some of the ole timers using some of these same animals on their farms and for transportation
My Grandaddy was born in 1921 and use to tell me that he would plow a mule all day for 50 cents a week, that’s just hard to comprehend. I love hearing about our history in this country. GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIEND!!!! 👍🏻🙌🏻☀️☀️
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When my grandpa’s sons took over the farm and started using tractors he still kept horses to cultivate the tobacco fields. He said the tractor compacted the soil to much.
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What an awesome video! Thank you Donnie. Keep up the fantastic work plz.
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Such neat pictures and history Donnie....My Grandpa and my Pops plowed with horses and oxen as well.....I used to love and sit and listen to them when they were alive...so much history ...Thank you brother....
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Enjoyed the memories of the animals, especially the horses. Blessings.
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When a man could log a tract of land with horses, it'd cause about 5% of the erosion issues as doing the same operation with machines.
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İ wonder if those animals in the mines got black lung disease? Probably a certainty.
I say they were no different than the men to it.
In rocky Idaho and Oregon some of the horse/mule/oxen wagon trails are still visible, they're deep and I've walked miles in them. The grandaddy though is the Natchez Trail, 12 feet or more deep in places because of softer ground. In Wisconsin we horse-osaurouses...those huge Belgians and others, awesome but gentle as lambs. You reminded me of: Oh, Don't you remember Sweet Betsy from Pike,
She crossed the big mountains with her lover Ike,
With two yoke of oxen and one yaller dog
And an old Shanghai rooster one spotted hog.
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when I was a littleGirl in lucasville Ohio I used to see the mules come out of the mountains dragon chains heading for the barn
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I would love to have all of the beautiful music 🎶 to this wonderful video Mr donnie,all of your videos are awesome and I watch your videos every day ❤
Awesome! Two songs right off are. Dude where's my horse and The colonel. Both are you from you tube music library. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Thank you again for such amazing, positive content.
Both sets of my grandparents farmed their crops with mules and Jennys. By the time my feet hit the fields, we had a tractor.
So thankful for all of these old photos and this knowledge. You are preserving our important history. Blessings to you!
(And yes, these were work animals, but also became part of the family. God’s creatures are magnificent.)
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I remember the mules working as a team and bought and sold as teams. They lived and worked 20 plus years; were given first names. Verbal commands for left and right, gee and haw; start and stop etc.
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How's the legend been doing hope your week is going well brother wetther looks good for it brother keep up the good work you legend
😂 Not much of a legend my friend, but thank you anyway. God Bless you friend.
Thank You, Donnie Laws
Awesome look back into history
Loved to had Mr.Laws as a history
teacher in school 😆
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