‘Pete,’ the mule, and ‘Belle,’ the draft horse, are driven by Jessica Bass and Adam McGrath. ENTERPRISE — The rich, black sod peeled away like chocolate curls as the mule teams pulled the sharp plows ...

Kinsey farmer Woody Peters was a young boy when technology met the farm life. When he was about 10, he said his father went from using mules to help farm the family’s land to using a tractor. Peters ...

I was a lucky boy growing up in southern Pitt County in the 1950s and 1960s. Some would disagree. For you see, tending a farm with mules was a far cry harder than using gas-driven equipment. I had the ...

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This story appeared in a regional edition of the Tines. Noah would be impressed. Carolann and Mike Mullins' homestead doesn't meet Ark proportions, but their 112-acre operation is home to mules, ...