BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - For students at the Hiland Hall School, forestry came to life Friday in a demonstration of logging work with two full-size black Percheron horses: Belle and Bright. Jared ...

When Brad Johnson and Derek O’Toole talk about horsepower, they’re talking about actual horse power. The two men are co-owners of Third Branch Horse Logging, of Braintree, which uses draft horses for ...

Say “show animals” and most people picture dogs, not draft horses. But the World Percheron Congress is first and foremost a venue for showmanship. This year, more than 700 horses from more than 120 ...

"I started logging with horses in 1977," he said recently. "I loved it. I would have kept going if I could have." He got into the business because the U.S. Forest Service had areas to log that were ...

Third Branch Horse Logging was started October 2018. Both Johnson and O’Toole had been working with draft horses for farming. When they formed their company they shifted their focus to using horses in ...