Bill the draft horse returned to action today after nearly a year on the disabled list -- leg problems have kept him in the barn and out to pasture, rather than pulling farm implements.
Farmer Jeremy started Bill slowly and carefully, hitching him to an underloaded manure spreader. Bill did fine, but did seem unusually sweaty afterward. Jeremy plans to introduce Bill gradually to more strenuous work -- he probably won't participate in fall plowing, though he should be more than ready by spring.
Farmer Jeremy started Bill slowly and carefully, hitching him to an underloaded manure spreader. Bill did fine, but did seem unusually sweaty afterward. Jeremy plans to introduce Bill gradually to more strenuous work -- he probably won't participate in fall plowing, though he should be more than ready by spring.
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