Friday, October 15, 2010

Single Ox Pulling Cart

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Scout the Ox Reflects on the Changing Seasons I wonder if my  Carul cu Boi would bring EUR 155,000 ($208,109.90 US).  Would you like...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

Family with Ox --- Butter Sculpture

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  Family with Ox Designed by Marie Pelton, this ox was sculpted from 600# of donated butter by her and her husband Jim Victor. It was f...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Top Price Paid for 'Ox Cart'

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  Carul cu Boi A late nineteenth century Romanian painter’s artwork sold recently in Bucharest, Romania, for EUR 155,000 ($208,109.90 U...

Oxen helped build this country

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Oxen helped build this country I think every village green should have a statue of an ox. He is one of nature’s finest, most useful and vir...
Friday, October 8, 2010

How One Team of Oxen Helped Save the Buffalo from Extinction

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An American Indian legend tells us that many, many years ago the Oceti-Shakowin had come together into a large camp. There were no wild gam...

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(continued from above post)   Buffalo Nickel Minted from 1913 to 1938 In 1886 the Smithsonian Institute sent an exhibition out t...

Sprayed by a Skunk

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How to remove the bad-smelling, odor of the skunk? The remedy is NOT contained in this old verse; it's actually much easier. Bury...
Monday, October 4, 2010

Scout the Ox, a Growing Steer

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Scout the Ox, a Bull Calf ,   the day he rode home on Amy's lap in the cab of the pickup: 13 days of age, November 5th, 2009 ...
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Friday, September 24, 2010

Oxen Pull Stone in Vermont Quarry

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Eight oxen pull a block of marble from a Vermont quarry. The two in the rear may be acting as brakes for the wagon, or they could be r...

A Comfy Spot for a Kitten on a Rainy Day

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Sure beats hanging out under the floor-boards of the granary. (See four posts on 8/1/2010 for the story of Squeak the Kitten's re...

Sophia the Cat Gets a New Name

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  Alas, our two orphan kittens are both tomcats. So Sophia the Cat is now called Soapy; the kitten is still Squeak. Here they are --- han...

Harry the Dog Vies for Attention

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Hyper-exuberance! Ayrshire ox and Newfoundland x Pit Bull Terrier dog

Harry the Dog Fetches the Pop

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case "Bring me a can^ of pop please."
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Ox Yoke at 2010 Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion

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Ox Yoke
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Curious Bit of Animal Behavior

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Newfoundland x Pit Bull Dog; Claiming His Territory? Since we brought Harry the Dog home as a puppy on a cold, sub-zero Decemb...
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

How To Convert a Garden Cart into a Small Wagon to Pull With a Single Ox

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Cart for Single Ox : You can easily convert a garden cart into a small wagon to pull with a growing, single ox. This would also work well a...
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Documentary: The Red River Cart

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Here's a 2 minute, made for TV documentary on The Red River Cart . It gives a Canadian and Metis perspective on the history of the cart...
Saturday, September 11, 2010

Ostby’s Sesquicentennial Ox Cart Journey

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Detail of Orlin Ostby's Ox Cart on Display at the 2010 Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion In the nineteenth ce...
Monday, September 6, 2010

Ostby's Oxen Pum and Kin Plowing at Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion, Rollag, Minnesota

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Pum and Kin on the Way to the Field Orlin Ostby Oversees the Plowing Don't worry boys. . . .you had half-a-days wor...

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Turning the Sod Throwing Their Shoulders into the Yoke The Plowman Works as Hard as the Ox Job Well Done!
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