Sunday, June 30, 2013

Ox-on Alert

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Scout the Ox:  Is there a bear in the woods? Scout the Ox:  Hyper-alert. I'm not sure what they were onto this day, but the...
Saturday, June 29, 2013

Big. . . .but not that Big!

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Scout the Ox checks out Swenson Seed Farm tractor. They had just finished seeding a field of soybeans, May 27th, 2013.
Saturday, June 22, 2013

Ox Meets Hidebehind (Fearsome Critter of the Deep Woods)

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Harry the Dog gets too far ahead and Scout the Ox meets face-to-face with a Hidebehind, fearsome critter of the deep woods. Scout loses his...
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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Ox-n-Fire: Controlled Burn

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Scout the Ox reacts to the grass fire. After the sun sets, the rising humidity puts the fire out.

Fire and Mice: Hot Dog!

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Harry the Dog thinks grass fires make good mouse hunting. He gets a little too close to the fire but never seems to notice.
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Friday, May 17, 2013

Rosa Bonheur: Two Teams of Oxen Plowing

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  Plowing in the Nivernais Rosa Bonheur 1849
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

North Dakota Monitor Grain Drill Hitched to Team of Four Oxen

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Monitor Grain Drill  Hitched to Four Oxen            Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo, North Dakota ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Single Ox Plowing With Walking Plow and Forecart, 1921 Photograph

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Single Ox Plowing With Walking Plow and Forecart, 1921 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ...
Monday, May 13, 2013

Scout the Ox Helping Prepare Tree Cuttings --- Herd-Mates?

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What cattle do when they are not eating is hang-out together. When I have a portable project to work on I use the opportunity to gi...
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Saturday, May 11, 2013

1866 Oxen Ladies French Print --- Dorothy Goethe

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Mother With Infant Riding in Ox Drawn Hay Wagon.  French Print Dorothy Goethe 1866  L'Ilustration

Scout the Ox and Your's Truly, Oklee, Minnesota, USA

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Scout the Ox and Your's Truly Oklee, Minnesota, USA --- Skyline View
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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Dog Escapes Pasture He Shares With Ox

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Harry the Dog is not built for jumping or digging, but for a while now he has been showing up, on occasion, outside the pasture fence. I wa...
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Friday, April 26, 2013

Memorable Things Lost Which were in Use Among the Ancients: Oxen

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Below is the title page of book published in 1715 but first issued in 1589. Below is a quote from the above book. " . . ....
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...