Saturday, February 26, 2011

Padded Ox Collar, Ox, and Cart: Quebec City, Canada c.1890

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  Ox cart, St. Jean Deschaillons, QC, about 1890 Gift of Mr. Stanley G. Triggs © McCord Museum      Detail from Ox ...
Friday, February 25, 2011

Single Ox Training: Gee and Haw

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This is a question from YouTube comments on my video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1YJ_7jufYA .  (Getup and Whoa with long reigns on a sta...
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Saturday, February 19, 2011

One Very Large Steer!

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Wouldn't it be fun to train this "big ox" of a steer for riding, or for pulling a giant ox cart! See photos and read about h...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

So Precious! Oxen Team and Young Girl

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 Oxen and Girl Photo from JimElong's photobucket album titled: Rendezvous

Grandkids Wild Ox-Cart Ride

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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Traveling 1st Class in Northwestern Minnesota (via Ox Cart)

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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, ...
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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Snapshots; Haul'n Wood with an Ox

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Hauling Firewood with an Ox
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Turning the Ox Yoke

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20/20 Hindsight 1. When walking backwards make sure you have a clear path so you don't stumble. 2. Avoid hitching to anything so hi...

Civil War Era Currycomb

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A Currycomb Patented by Sarah Jane Wheeler, 1861 "Included in the New Britain Industrial Museum collection is a curry comb reco...

Currying Favor with the Ox

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Snow, ice, mud or manure in the coat of the ox robs the fur of its insulating value.  The currycomb is the ideal tool to keep the ox'...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Why Is It Called a Currycomb?

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 Currycomb One of my earliest memories of livestock was watching our landlords daughter, Roxy,  putting neat squiggles on the si...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Did you know?

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 On October 22, 2009 Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China, gave U.S. President Barack Obama a porcelain sculpture of fi...
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Monday, January 24, 2011

Watering the Ox: How Much Water Will a Yearling Steer Drink?

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My online blogger friend Chuck (for whom oxen hold spiritual significance,) signs off on his weekly blog-cast Friday Night Oxen  with ...
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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Minnesota Winter: An Ox in a Snowstorm

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 Scout the Ox, an Ayrshire Steer with Horns Minnesota Winter Snowstorm "  If I might say...."  Scout the Ox, ...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Leading the Single Ox

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Leading the Single Ox: Advantages and Disadvantages The single ox is more prone to go astray due to distraction than a team of oxen. L...
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Ox Checks Out Camera

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Curious as a cow, Scout the Ox investigates the stationary camera. In hindsight, the results were predictable.
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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Making Firewood With an OX and a Dog: Day 2

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Scout the Ox started easily on this cold and windy day. No block-heaters or jumper cables to deal with. We got out several small loa...
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Haltering and Hitching the Ox: A Two Act Play

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I set everything up for an unflawed demonstration of haltering and hitching the ox to a sled , but everything didn't exactl...
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Scout the Ox: Can You Come Out and Play Now?

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  Scout the Ox managed to pop the latch on the pasture gate. He didn't wander away, but rather, came to our front door to see what wa...
Friday, December 31, 2010

Ox on a Stick: Whoa. Get-up.

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At just over a year Scout the Ox is doing well with Get-up and Whoa. But take a look (video below) at this team of three-year old...
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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Winter Vignette: A Man an Ox and a Dog

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Crossing a snowy meadow with a dog, and an ox pulling a sled.

Winter Vignette: Ox-Breath at Sunset

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Ox-breath, one of the wonderful touches of Winter!
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

An Outing on a Winter Evening Pays Big Dividends for the Dog

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  Harry the Dog discovers a frozen deer hide left behind by deer-hunters.   Scout the Ox smells something of interest on the ...

Ox and Dog on Ice, as Told by Scout the Ox

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Sometimes life dishes out a chilling experience --- even when you are an ox.
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Young Jersey Oxen At Work in the Woods

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This team of young Jersey oxen are doing a remarkable job skidding firewood logs in the woods. http://www.youtube.com/user/miller...
Monday, December 27, 2010

Making Firewood With an OX and a Dog: Day 1

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Scout the Ox's first day hauling firewood from the "woods'' in the snow.
Saturday, December 25, 2010

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells --- With a One Ox Open Sleigh

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Scout the Ox breaks trail through fresh snow pulling the humble-tumble-bug --- for a sleigh.
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Friday, December 24, 2010

The Ox's Dog Steals the Whip

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Harry the Dog's allegiance is more to Scout the Ox than it is to me. That seemed more evident than ever as he pranced before me w...
Thursday, December 23, 2010

An Ox Brings Home The Body of His Master

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A Faithful Ox Photo: Decan Herald, Chamarajanagar, December 23, 2010 DHNS  On Wednesday an ox brought home the body of its m...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Don't Knock the Ox

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The International Ox Pull, highlight of the Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, annual fair, is a holdover from the pioneer past when oxen cleared t...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

I Think I Saw a Reindeer

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Xavia, a Hereford Heifer is being Prepared for Training as a Riding Cow Photo used with permission of Samthesteerrider; Copyright Law app...
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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Making Ox Shoes and Shoeing the Ox

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Making Nails and Ox Shoes in Sweden, 1923 Spik- och oxskosmide 1923 Se hantverksmässig framställning av spik i smedja i L...
Thursday, December 16, 2010

Frost on the Brow of the Ox

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The official temperature was -26 degrees F (-32.2 degrees C). Scout the Ox was happy to be in the barn out of the wind, in a well bedd...
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