Horses Help Farmers Cut Fuel Costs

"Jeff Johns of Lonesome Valley Farms in Pennsylvania had the horses. He had land that needed to be plowed. And he had worries that rising fuel costs would eat into his already thin profit margin.

So he’s doing what farmers did long before the tractor came along — he’s using his two draft horses to power a plow."

http://simplymarvelous.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/horses-help-farmers-cut-fuel-costs/