On the paths of the trails, each pack of horse horses still worked hard to help the owner transport orange. Each trip to the mountain, an adult horse can transport nearly 2 quintals of oranges. The higher the temperature, the more cool and airy weather leads to orange fruit quality. The most difficult for Phu Lu orange growers is how to transport nearly 40, tons of oranges to the mountains. This is a job that takes a lot of labor and energy. The previous solution was to hire carriers but they could not work with productivity due to the distance of 2 - 5 km and the transport of oranges was too hard.
A lot of households, therefore, were unable to harvest all oranges because they could not hire workers. Bearing-orange horse service at Pa Han village, Phu Luu commune. The most difficult problem for orange growers is to determine which shipping method and shipping cost. A bold solution was made by some people in the commune, that is to build cable cars. But this solution quickly failed due to the high cost and the cable cannot be built in some terrain.
Some others have come up with a solution to use horses to transport and this method has yielded remarkable results.
This quickly spread to families in the area and the whole region. According to statistics of Phu Luu commune, by the beginning of , the commune had a total of more than horses. At the "orange forest" of Ban Nha village, we met Le Van Thin, who took us to his family's orange garden. The orange garden, which is coming to the time of flowering, was 3km from his house. Thin said in he bought himself a horse in Bac Ha district Lao Cai province. After a moment of deliberation, Mr.
Thin finally found a satisfied horse for VND 26 million. According to Mr. Thin, a horse must undergo domestication for a while before they can listen to the master. The best option is male stallions that are 7 to 8 years old or older. That is also the reason in Phu Luu commune, people do not raise mares to breed because it will take a lot of time to wait for adult horses.
