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Oxen: A Teamster's Guide (Story's Working Animals) - Softcover
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"Oxen: A Teamster's Guide" is the definitive resource for selecting, training, feeding, and caring for the mighty ox. Written by Drew Conroy, a professor of dairy science with more than two decades of experience as a trainer and teamster, the book shows readers how to select an ideal team, properly feed and house oxen, train calves and mature cattle, fit a yoke and bows, address common challenges, and maintain a team's overall health. He also explains how to use oxen safely for a variety of farming and logging tasks, and how to train a team for public demonstrations and competitions.Filled with dozens of photographs and illustrations, including a 16-page colour insert, useful reference charts, and a glossary of terms, the book provides all the details a novice needs to select, train, and care for a working team.
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Operating Manual for the Mighty Ox
From plowing and hauling to logging and demonstrating traditional farming techniques, oxen contribute their trustworthy strength to many tasks. Calm and easy to work with, they are perennial favorites at farm museums, in municipal parades, and at county fairs. Here is the definitive resource to owning and working a team of your own.
With Drew Conroy's reliable advice, you will select your ideal animals, feed and house them properly, begin their basic training, fit them with a yoke and bows, and look after their health. Finally, you will take on the satisfying process of training your team to master the working skills you desire.
Farm with them, show them off, or compete with them --- there is much to admire about the mighty ox.
From plowing and hauling to logging and demonstrating traditional farming techniques, oxen contribute their trustworthy strength to many tasks. Calm and easy to work with, they are perennial favorites at farm museums, in municipal parades, and at county fairs. Here is the definitive resource to owning and working a team of your own.
With Drew Conroy's reliable advice, you will select your ideal animals, feed and house them properly, begin their basic training, fit them with a yoke and bows, and look after their health. Finally, you will take on the satisfying process of training your team to master the working skills you desire.
Farm with them, show them off, or compete with them --- there is much to admire about the mighty ox.
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Caskey, Bethany A. (illustrator). A resource for selecting, training, feeding, and caring for the mighty ox. It shows readers how to select an ideal team, properly feed and house oxen, train calves and mature cattle, fit a yoke and bows, address common challenges, and maintain a team's health. It also explains how to use oxen safely for a variety of farming and logging tasks. Seller Inventory # 00105499288
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