Oxen: A Teamster's Guide to Raising, Training, Driving & Showing (Storey's Working Animals) - Hardcover

Conroy, Drew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580176933 ISBN 13: 9781580176934

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC, 2008

Synopsis

Versatile as well as powerful, oxen can plow fields, haul stones, assist in logging, and improve roads. This comprehensive guide covers all aspects of selecting, training, feeding, and caring for your oxen. You’ll learn how to fit yokes and bows, address common challenges, and maintain your team’s overall health. Whether you’re looking for an economical alternative to heavy machinery on the farm or want to compete at the next county fair, Drew Conroy will help you achieve success with your oxen.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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.

About the Author:

Drew Conroy, PhD, is a professor at the University of New Hampshire. He has been teaching applied animal science for 25 years and has produced six educational videos on training oxen and making yokes. Conroy and his family also raise rare American Milking Devon cattle and train oxen in Maine. He and his teams have been featured in numerous movies and magazines.

About this edition

• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1580176933
• ISBN 13: 9781580176934
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 304