Monday, September 10, 2012

Standard Poodle "Oliver's" Ox Cart Adventures

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\ My ox cart is antique. To prevent the strength of the ox from breaking it, I connect the pull-chains to the ox yoke with lightweight S-...
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Friday, September 7, 2012

Grand-kid's Ox Cart Ride August 6th, 2012

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Levi and Kira went for a short ox cart ride one evening after the sun went down.
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White Sewing Machine Trade Card with Oxen

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Victorian trade card for  the White Sewing Machine Company .
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Controlling Thistles on Pasture

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By using a brush saw thistles can be selectively clipped.  This gives the grass a competitive advantage.
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Saturday, August 11, 2012

Twin Sisters with Oxen Teams at Skowhegan Fair

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(click  Morning Sentinel link below)   Morning Sentinel

Clearcut Regrowth

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Last winter I clear-cut an area of poplar  using Scout the Ox to haul the wood (click here).  This is a picture of part of the vigorous ...
Monday, July 23, 2012

The Historic Pembina "Ox Cart" Trail

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Experience a day on the historic Pembina Trail, otherwise known as The Woods Trail, one of the many branches of the Red River Ox Cart Trai...
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Swimming with the Ox at Old Crossing Treaty Park

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Near Huot, Minnesota, the Pembina  Trail, otherwise known as The Woods Trail (one of the major branches of The Red River Ox Cart Trails), c...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Gee and Haw at the Rice Paddies

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 March 31,  2012 we visited the rice paddies.   Scout the Ox  turned the cart around on the narrow dike demonstrating his proficiency with...
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Sunset After the Rainbow: Single Ox with Cart

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Single Ox with cart; on the prairie at the edge of the Red River Valley, in northwestern, Minnesota.
Monday, June 25, 2012

Oxcart: To See a Rainbow

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While ox-carting on the prairie in northwestern Minnesota, a small storm over the Red River Valley treats us to a rainbow.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Hope Springs Eternal

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Poplar Tree Log Sprouting Shoots I set this nice poplar log aside when I was cutting firewood last winter. I'm keeping it up on b...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Harvey Dunn's Painting of Rock Picking with Oxen

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[Homesteaders Picking Rock with Team of Oxen] Artist: Harvey Dunn (1884-1952) Note to students of art: There is camera distortion in t...
Sunday, June 3, 2012

Picking Rock with Scout the Ox

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Picking Rock with Scout the Ox We're clearing rocks from what is to be a mown firebreak between a prairie-forest edge restoration....
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Thursday, May 31, 2012

The Trail Hills by Oxcart

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

"Oxen Can Too Run!"

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Scout the Ox Scout the Ox puts some distance between himself and a scary thing. Click Here to Watch Him Run
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Sunday, May 20, 2012

The Oxen of American Artist Harvey Dunn: Homesteaders Coming Home

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Prairie Homesteaders Coming Home by  Harvey Dunn, 1909

The Oxen of American Artist Harvey Dunn: On the Move

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On the Move by Harvey Dunn, 1908  

The Oxen of American Artist Harvey Dunn: Plowman

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The Plowman by Harvey Dunn, 1907
Friday, May 18, 2012

Morning on the Moors

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   George Bouverie  Goddard , 1832-1886 -- Artist Published 1875 in The Illustrated London News Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Colle...
Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Scout the Ox Pulls Levi and Kira In the Sled

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Scout the Ox Pulls Harlie and Her Mom in the Sled

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Monday, April 2, 2012

To Make a Single Ox Yoke

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Index Page To Make a Single Ox Yoke storybrookeripples: ox and dog blog This is a series of eighteen blog posts that now read...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

To Make a Single Ox Yoke, Part 1

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The Old Yoke Scout the Ox  has outgrown his old yoke. The spacing of the bows has become too narrow on his neck, pinching him, and ri...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

To Make an Single Ox Yoke, Part 2

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The Ox Yoke Plan I've begun with a little internet study of  Ox Anatomy 101 .  Advanced Agricultural Training  Photograph...
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Monday, March 26, 2012

To Make a Single Ox Yoke, Part 3

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The Ox Yoke Pattern While sketching the pattern for the new ox yoke, I have used the old yoke as a guide to size the patter...