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Joe visits with members of the Texas Draft Horse and Mule Association and films some of their activities in the fields.
Alan Fry - current president talks about the association. It currently has 90-95 members from all over Texas. There are about 25-30 active members/families. It now includes driving and riding enthusiasts as well as horse drawn farming enthusiasts.
Louis Guidroz talks about his third team of Haflingers and their versatility (and we see much video of them). The like to pull and work and he uses them for Sunday rides with his wife.
Doug Halford talks about the association and its improvement over the years he has been involved. They do not participate in many parades anymore but there are a lot more members interested in farming activities. They gave various field days and harvest days throughout the year.
JP Gregory shows us his beautiful Haflinger-mule team that he has raised from colts. His first mule experience showed him how curious they are - opening drawers, getting into his pockets to the point of having to lock things up.
Richard CUrtes talks about breaking horses and using his Gelding Suffolk to help train the wild ones.
Debbie Halford is the long time secretary of the TDHMA. She talks about membership and it's changing demographic.
Hannah Sickle talks about her mom's carriage and funeral service. They have both black and white horse drawn hearses for their teams to pull. She was recently introduced to Suffolk horses by Rodney Read and helped halter trains them. She subsequently acquired on the the original team and now has 6 Suffolk in training. She likes them for their size and disposition and would recommend them to someone new to draft because they are easy to work with and learn driving with.
Joe speaks for a few minutes with an experienced farrier/farmer businessman Bob Lewis.
Finally, Stacy Lyn Harris takes us into her winter garden and gives us some important tips on raising and harvesting collards.
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