If you think you have a penchant for filling up your tank too often at gas prices that are out of sight, try these draft horses for fuel economy. Wes Bettenhausen, whose farmstead is located five miles west of Kindred, ND., on Highway 46 at Saukeraut Road, loves to hitch up various farm implements to his team of draft horses and take them for a workout on a small ten-acre tract north of his house - weather permitting. Saturday, April 19, 2008, he was joined by three friends: Neil Nelson of Colfax, Clayton Brennan of West Fargo and Fuller Sheldon Mapleton, who each brought their own teams, all hooked up one-bottom plows and went to work...

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