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| Single Ayrshire Ox Pulling Ox Cart with Wooden Ox Yoke |
With all the tempting vegetation in the roadside ditches covered with snow, it is a good time to get Scout the Ox used to the idea of me riding in the ox cart. In the summer he quickly learned that as soon as I got on the cart he could head to the ditch and grab a few mouthfuls of grass.....the little stinker!
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| Single Ayrshire Ox Pulling Ox Cart with Wooden Ox Yoke - Minnesota Winter |
At -15 degrees F. (-26 degrees C.) Scout the ox grew a white beard and I an icy white moustache. On January 22 the sun sets about 6:30 PM CST, but dusk lasts quite a while longer.
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| Single Ayrshire Ox with Horns and Yoke - Exhaust |
It was a beautiful, silent evening with stars beginning to show in the sky. The 5mph wind dropped off to near zero and the steam rising from Scout the Ox's breath reminded me of the exhaust from an idling internal combustion engine. Getting the pictures and video without frost-bitten fingers was tricky though.
See in video format --- 29 seconds.
