Stalwart and powerful, oxen are employed as working cattle all over the world. Stronger, steadier, less expensive, and easier to keep than draft horses, oxen can plow fields, haul stones, assist in logging, improve roads, and showcase traditional farming techniques. Oxen can help smallscale farmers keep costs down and productivity up without expensive machinery. Oxen is the definitive resource for selecting, training, feeding, and caring for the mighty ox. It shows you how to choose an ideal team, properly feed and house your oxen, train calves and mature cattle, fit a yoke and bows, address common challenges, and maintain a team's overall health. You'll also learn how to use oxen safely for a variety of farming and logging tasks and how to train a team for demonstrations and competitions.

Oxen: A Teamster's Guide

Conroy, Drew

Reference

Rural Heritage

<p>During the first half of the 20th century books on how to use horse-drawn farm equipment abounded. These volumes have, however, long been out of print and operator's manuals for specific horse implements can be difficult to find. This book, by Sam Moore of Rural Heritage, is designed to fill the void. It covers most of the farm implements used with horses today. It not only describes them, but shows you how to use each piece of machinery, adjust it for good work, and maintained it.</p>

Implements for Farming With Horses & Mules

Engineering & Transportation

Sam Moore

Engineering

<p>This manual for draft horse owners comprehensively covers draft horse health. Chapters include the following: Feeding draft horses, special dietary needs of heavy horses, foot and hoof care, vital signs, lumps and bumps, gastrointestinal problems, back and spinal cord, muscles, joints and legs, laminitis stallions and mares, mare fertility, foaling time, the foal, blood testing, giving medications and much more. Black and white photos. 231 pages, softcover.</p>

Draft Horses: An Owner's Manual

Science & Math

Beth A. Valentine

Michael J. Wildenstein

Technology

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