Wisconsin Farmer Owns Team Of White Mules

Wisconsin Farmer Owns Team Of White Mules AG WORLD Ag World 21-1-21 "I've been around horses and mules all my life and I haven't seen more than a half dozen white mules," says Don Niemeier, 63, of Brodhead, Wis., who owns a pair of white mules. "I'd like to get another pair just like these but they're hard to come by." It took him two years to find the white mule team he uses for field work on his 250-acre farm. He also takes them to area events and parades. Niemeier got the first white mule, a 9-year-old mare named Snowball, two summers ago from southwestern Missouri. He bought the second, a 5-year old jack named Silver, sight unseen over the telephone last June from southeastern Kentucky. White mules sell for at least $500 more than sorrel, buckskin or coffee brown mules, he notes. Silver challenged the veteran trainer's skills because it had been poorly treated by a previous owner. Before long, however, the team was "traffic" safe and working well together. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Don Niemeier, 7126 Bonhoff Rd., Brodhead, Wis. 53520 (ph 608 879-9367).

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