Sunday, July 25, 2010

4-H Member Explores New Project: Oxen

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Erin Senger did a demonstration with her ox, Opry. Photo:Troy Krause. Redwood Falls Gazette By Troy Krause, Editor GateHouse News Service P...

Summertime --- Edward Potthast

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The Ox Cart Edward Henry Potthast (American Artist, 1857-1927) Summer Pleasures Edward Henry Potthast (American Artist, 1857-1927)

Wash-and-Wear

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Yesterday I gave Scout(the Ox) a bath. I soaped-up one side of him with a bar of homemade soap, and laid the soap on the grass. I scrubbed h...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Happy Oxcarters

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Happy Mitchell and his boys, about 1905
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

July 5th, 2010 Oxcart Ride

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Soundtrack: All Because Of You Artist: Christian Marsac
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Sunday, July 18, 2010

Me and My True Love: An Ox Cart Ride

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The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond A Scottish folk song. By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes, Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomon...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

The Iron Ox

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After the ox came the horse and after the horse came the tractor --- as first choice for farming the land. I went to the Oklee Centennial Ce...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Grandkids Go for an Oxcart Ride

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Scout the Ox is a little over 8 months old now. He pulls the cart like a champ, however he doesn't overlook an opportunity to head for ...
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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Cat and Dog Table Turned

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Le Magasin Pittoresque (Paris, 1834)
Friday, July 9, 2010

Sophia Puts on the Dog

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Kitten and puppy play. This kitten was orphaned by the mother cat and put onto a dog nursing puppies. The dog pictured is not one of its l...
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Cat Fools Dog

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19th Century Children's Book Illustration Artist unknown.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Our Doggy New Kitty

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Sherry went to be with our daughter and the new grandbaby and came home with a new kitty. "Sophia" makes it into the Ox and Dog B...
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Eeee-ow!

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Sophia spies a big, hairy hidebehind.

Harry the Hidebehind

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  When loggers failed to return to 19th century logging camps, the hidebehind (C. silvestris palinensis) was sometimes believed responsible ...

Yoke Gets Finished

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Putty nail holes (Yoke is made from used lumber). Sand. Oil.

At the End of the Rainbow.

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photos by sld
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Oxcarting

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Scout in fine form. photo by sld   Temporarily abandoned beside the road is this boat on steel wagon wheels, one of which had come undone...

Yoke Headlights

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Upcycled Bicycle Reflectors (up·cy·cle [uhp-sahy-kuhl] Where old products are given more value not less.)
Monday, June 28, 2010

(Video #1 of 2) Hip-hop. . . .Back to the Drawing Board

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Watch closely. One of the neck pieces drops out of the yoke surprising the ox. After the camera stopped his head went down and the yoke an...

(Video #2 of 2) Re-Hitching the Oxcart

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After the yoke falls apart and the whole mess gets tangled around the ox's head, he stands calmly while I get him reharnessed. He'...
Friday, June 25, 2010

View from the Oxcart

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My first ride on the cart.
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Oxcart: The Preferred Mode of Transportation. . . .

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. . . .When Getting There Was Half the Fun. Basque Ox-Team c. 1884 Source Unknown

Labrador Retriever?

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Dr.Bob (Harry's Vet) believes Happy Harry's Landseer Newfoundland mother must have been bred by a Labrador Retriever --- this pic...

Wading in the Water: A Special Reward For the Ox

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After a hot, humid, and buggy day Scout the Ox enjoys wading in the water.
Monday, June 21, 2010

Bugs!

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Biting insects are a general nuisance to the ox when yoked to the oxcart. Scout's on the way to the pit to go wading.

Scout Pulls Like an Old Hand

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Ox training on ox cart.

Scout the Ox's New Yoke and Cart

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Ox cart and ox yoke.
Saturday, June 19, 2010

How To (or not to) Make an Ox Yoke, Part II

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Making My Single Ox His First Yoke Addendem: These two videos will give you an overview of the basic skills and tools you might use to make ...

How To (or not to) Make an Ox Yoke, Part I

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Making My Single Ox His First Yoke Addendem: These two videos will give you an overview of the basic skills and tools you might use to make ...
Friday, June 18, 2010

Mountaintop Experience

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Hey. . . .this is pretty steep! Don't ya think?   Surveying the land. Better view over here. I'm on top of the world.

King of the Hill

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Harry and Scout Exploring the Shoreline

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Ox and Dog 6/13/2010

A Day at the Beach

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  Ox and Dog   6/13/2010