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strains, becoming the first American breeder of jackstock.
Interest grew in the mules that the jacks produced when bred with horses, and the product of the mammoth jack and the draft horse produced one of the strongest and most trainable farm animals available to the American farmer.
Now, jacks and jennets are kept for several reasons, to breed and show, to do farm work, to calm thoroughbreds and other nervous horses, and to protect sheep from predatory dogs.
None of these was the reason for Linda and John Postelle’s interest in raising jacks on their small farm.
“This all started because I wanted to buy a horse,” said Mrs. Postelle. “Mainly we wanted an animal for pleasure and also to keep down honeysuckle and graze our pasture. Friends told me that, in our situation, with both of us working,
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