logging wood with horses

[Doug Bartley]

You can find a lot of information about what you seek at the following
site:

http://www.ruralheritage.com/

(found by searching on the term "horse logging")

In following various links from that site one of the more
interesting articles found was about a guy in Kentucky who
is logging with horses, operating a mini-sawmill (transportable
to job sites) and cultivating mushrooms on sawdust & woodchips.
The capital investment to do *all* of the above is substantially
less (well under half) of what even a modest conventional logging
operation alone would require. Waste is minimized - even a couple
individuals
can add considerable value to raw materials and retain a portion
for their efforts and there are considerable advantages from
an environmental standpoint.

Anyway, very much along the lines of what I want to get going (also
in Kentucky), so anyone interested please give me a shout.

Regards,

Doug Bartley
Hamamatsu, Japan


In article <88oh6f$1tja$1 at news4.isdnet.net>,
"Laurent Levoyer" <bget at equipyrene.com> wrote:

>Subject: logging wood with horses
>From: "Laurent Levoyer"
>Reply-To: "Laurent Levoyer" <bget at equipyrene.com>
>Organization: Bureau des Guides Equestres
>Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 10:56:48 +0100
>Newsgroups: bionet.agroforestry
>
>Dear Members of bionet.agroforest
>
>I am working for french administration on a study about using horses and
>mules in mountains forests in south France.
>
>I would like to ask you, if you know studies in your country about logging
>with animals.
>
>And above all, I would like to get, by Internet or by Post, a table  of
>logging fares with horses = "Skoghästen"  as it does exist in Sweden?
>
>Please, if possible, tell me how can I receive them
>Thank you for interest
>
>Friendly
>
>Laurent Levoyer
>(Bureau des Guides Equestres Trans-Pyrénéens)
>www.equipyrene.com
>09600 DUN
>France
>
>
>