• The booklet, based partly on former publications by donkey specialists, is meant to inform the user about all facets concerning donkey labour: characteristics and care of the the animal, training, harnessing, hitching and the different uses as pack- or traction-animal, including equipment for agricultural work and transport. Understanding is facilitated by numerous illustrations.

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• Equids
• Training animals
• Hitching
• Harness
• Agriculture
• Keeping
• Technical equipment

• The booklet, based partly on former publications by donkey specialists, is meant to inform the user about all facets concerning donkey labour: characteristics and care of the the animal, training, harnessing, hitching and the different uses as pack- or traction-animal, including equipment for agricultural work and transport. Understanding is facilitated by numerous illustrations.

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• Equids
• Training animals
• Hitching
• Harness
• Agriculture
• Keeping
• Technical equipment

• Terry DAVIES The four unchanging principals of animal draft are: steering, transmission, weight distribution and braking. Correspondingly, there are four component parts of harness designed to accommodate these. They are: the bridle, collar, pad and breeching. Independently, each of these component parts plays a vital role in harnessing the forces of draught.

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• Harness