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Twenty-Mule Team: 1941

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 10:46am.
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July 1941. "Twenty-mule-team-drawn combine. Walla Walla County, Washington. This outfit gets to work at 6 in the morning. Knocks off at 11 for rest, food and water for mules and men, goes back to work at 1 and works till 6." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

July 1941. "Twenty-mule-team-drawn combine. Walla Walla County, Washington. This outfit gets to work at 6 in the morning. Knocks off at 11 for rest, food and water for mules and men, goes back to work at 1 and works till 6." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

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Embiggen

Submitted by Spanky on Thu, 10/11/2018 - 8:20pm.

Oh, that's good!!

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Thank heavens for internal combustion

Submitted by Mweaver on Thu, 10/11/2018 - 4:59pm.

Once upon a Shorpy time there was an image of a tractor dealer's store. One of the signs in the window --there were several, if I recall-- read something like "Do your horses work for you or do you work for your horses?"

I didn't realize the truth in the question until seeing the number of animals needed to pull a combine!

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Here's how it's done

Submitted by fanhead on Thu, 10/11/2018 - 3:39pm.

Whenever I count mules I count ears and then divide by 2.

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About 2 mules per horse

Submitted by Rick_Chicago on Thu, 10/11/2018 - 3:29pm.

http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/animalpower.htm

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4-Leg Drive

Submitted by perpster on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 6:18pm.

What's the ratio of mulepower to horsepower?

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Twenty mules it is

Submitted by fiberman on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 2:24pm.

Four in each of the front two rows, six in each of the rear rows.

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They ain't hauling Borax

Submitted by pennsylvaniaproud on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 2:17pm.

Kinda looks like wheat to me.

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Horse-Drawn Combine, 1938

Submitted by John J on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 1:31pm.

Skip to the 0:35 mark for sack filling, sewing and depositing for later pickup

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20-4

Submitted by alrich on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 12:02pm.

Looks more like a sixteen-mule team (but who's counting?)

[I did, and there are 20. Click to embiggen. - Dave]

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