Thursday, April 25, 2013

Oxen Powered Paddlewheelers Used by Romans in Maritime Battles

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15th century illustration of  4th or 5th century oxen powered paddlewheeler. Oxen powered paddle-wheelers were apparently more than jus...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Team of Oxen Battle the Tide in 'The Golden Days'

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Vol. XIII—No. 51              November 12, 1892. Excerpt from Matt and Natt's Venture By Wm. Pendleton Chipman      ...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

White on White: Oxen and Apple Blossoms

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Team of White Oxen in Apple Orchard Eastern United States Photographer: Leslie Jones,  (1886-1967) Courtesy of the Boston Public Lib...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Snow on the Ground, Spring in the Air

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An oxcart ride in Eden Township, Polk County, Minnesota, set to Nature's of Winter music by ChuckBerglund, lyrics, Winter Glow by Emi...
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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Oxcart Odyssey

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Grandkids travel through time and across the universe in an oxcart.
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Snow and Ice: Grooming After the Storm

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Helping Scout the Ox stay warm by removing the snow and ice in his coat, with a curry-comb.

Preventing Accidental Learning of Undesirable Behaviors

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A psychology primer.  The concept of accidental learning illustrated by Scout the Ox. Preventing undesirable behavior is the key to elimi...
Sunday, March 31, 2013

The Ox Loves Squash!

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Scout the Ox savours a winter-squash treat from the kitchen .
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Ox and Dog: Forget-Me-Not

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Harry the Dog wants his camera time.
Sunday, March 3, 2013

Ox and Dog: Snow Friends

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Scout the Ox and Happy-Harry the Dog spend a lot of their day just hanging out, passing time. They keep each other company as seen in this ...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Melancholy Ox-Cart Journey

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Winter ox-carting near Trail, Minnesota. Includes Trail Hills, round barn, and the small town of Trail. Free Desktop Background: Wide S...
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Monday, February 18, 2013

Hand Feeding Large, Round, Hay-Bales

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Hand feeding large, round, hay-bales.
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Friday, February 15, 2013

Audio: Squeaky Cold Snow

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When we lived on the coast in Oregon, for a time, I missed the sound of squeaky, cold snow. So here's an audio of the sound, for all th...
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Monday, February 11, 2013

A Fine Fellow

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Scout the Ox  
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Saturday, February 9, 2013

A Job for the Dog

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Happy Harry, a.k.a. Harry-the-Dog, destroyed a lot of dropped gloves and tool handles before I tried to change his bad-boy behavior into go...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Moving Large Round Hay Bales With an Ox: Plan B

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If at first you don't succeed try Plan B.
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Sunday, January 27, 2013

History Link: World's Largest Oxen

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Worlds Largest Oxen: Mt. Katahdin and Granger Combined weight 9800 pounds (avg. 4900 pounds each) Mr. A.S. Rand, breeder  Stetson, Ma...

Flatbed Work: Scout the Ox

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S cout the Ox pulls a flatbed trailer for work around the farm.  Notice, at about the middle of the video, I have tied one rein to the trai...
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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Snapshot in the Dark

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Recently, I bedded the ox and the dogs stall with shredded paper that happened to be bright-colored pink, orange, and green. I thought t...
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Friday, January 4, 2013

Ox Skidding Trees: Alternative Ending: Fail

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Video 2 of 2 Early training and conditioning may well have been at work here.
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Ox Skidding Trees: Slow and Steady

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Video 1 of 2
Monday, December 31, 2012

Scout the Ox Meets His Match

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When dogs are presented with a mirror they don't seem to take notice of themselves. I was curious as to whether Scout the Ox would ta...
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Friday, December 28, 2012

Babe the Blue Ox Pavilion: Minnesota History Center

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Head to the Then Now Wow exhibit's new "Babe the Blue Ox Pavilion" for hands on history and a live performance. W...
Monday, December 24, 2012

Scout the Ox Picking Wild Rose Hips - Funny!

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Scout the Ox supplementing his all hay, winter diet with wild rose hips. (Rose hips contain more Vitamin C than oranges!) That ox tongue a...
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Friday, December 21, 2012

Oxen on Parade in Boston, Massachusetts

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Regular parade on Washington Street. Leslie  Jones, 1886-1967 (photographer) Date created : 1942 (approximately)  Courtesy of the Bosto...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Leslie Jones Photo: Yoke of Oxen

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Man with team of oxen hitched to wagon.  Eastern United States Photographer: Leslie Jones,  (1886-1967) Courtesy of the Boston Publi...
Monday, December 10, 2012

Smiling Teamster with Yoke of Oxen

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Farmer with team  of oxen  pulling empty hay wagon. Eastern United States Photographer: Leslie Jones, (1886-1967) Courtesy of th...
Saturday, December 8, 2012

Southern Teamster Hauling Logs With Oxen

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Logging with oxen in southeastern USA forest. Teamster's name, the location and date are unknown.   Link to original archived ph...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Training the Ox to Back-Up for Hitching

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Gee or Haw, Back, and Whoa are commands used while hitching or unhitching an ox to a log for skidding. I have a number of trees to move f...
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Monday, December 3, 2012

A Double Yoke of Oxen

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Double Yoke of Oxen Seaford, Delaware, USA  c1910 Published by W.H. Hall of Shipley & Hall
Sunday, December 2, 2012

Sleek Yoke of Oxen

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Sleek Yoke of Oxen Pulling Loaded Ox-Cart This is an unidentified photo,  from an antique glass negative "found in a barn." ...
Friday, November 30, 2012

"Vrachtrijder" With Ox Cart Load of Wooden Shoes

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De Vrachtrijder Oxcart load of wooden shoes. c.1905 The picture was likely taken in southern Netherlands. "De Vrachtrijder...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Refitting the Ox Yoke

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Using carpenter's chalk to identify pressure points, I file the yoke to re-size it for a comfortable fit on the growing ox. I would li...
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Monday, November 12, 2012

Ox Logging: Fitting and Using a Single Yoke

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Tim Harrigan has just posted this instructional video on his TMHarrigan You Tube Channel .  He uses a traditional yoke for his sing...
Thursday, November 8, 2012

Drinking Water Delivered by Ox Cart

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England "The water-cart;"  1856 Illustrated London News; Engraved by W. Thomas; Painted by Troyon Switzerland   Postcard; c...
Saturday, November 3, 2012

A Lesson to Learn from Costa Rican Teamster’s Tragedy

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Tuesday morning, October 30th a Costa Rican man hauling sugar cane, with a team of oxen, stumbled and fell in the cane field. It is belie...
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Monday, October 29, 2012

Skidding Trees with Single Ox Under Yoke

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We skidded some small hybrid poplar trees out of the woods Saturday (October 27, 2012). The PVC pipe on the chains protects the ox's le...
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Saturday, October 27, 2012

Whoa! WHOA! Whoa! Close Call for Ox Cart

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Scout the Ox walks through narrow space between trees while pulling the wider ox cart.
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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Eager Ox, Ox-Cart Ride; Country Roads, Lakes, and Farms

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Scout the Ox sets a fast pace. His constant companion, Harry the Dog, accompanies us as we explore some back roads and meet some horses and...
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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Fall Drive: Minimum Maintenance Road by Ox Cart

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Red Lake County, Minnesota, September 30th, 2012        .  
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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...