When I was a small child growing up on the farm, we still had mules, and used them to plow tobacco and the garden. My grandfather was the one who worked the mules, Jack and Jim. When he had a stroke in 1960, and retired from active farming, that was the end of the use for mules. I could sure tell some stories about those mules.
I've always had horses, and have never been interested in mules. A friend here does have mules and shows them all over the US. He's always trying to convince me to buy one. Nothing against them, but I just prefer a horse.
