Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-29
Working Oxen.

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4 word on training oxen. ! have found
tia; bv ar the hest time TO train steers i
~ten they are calves, 'ay the hr't winter.
Oxen that ar trained when quite young,
are much more plant and obeiisnt, and
th.' adi- much % their value. Steers that
run until they arr thrrc or four years old,
are dangerous animals to encounter. They
are always running away with the cart OF
sled whenever there i "a chance iur them.
aud often serious injury . the result. |
would not recommend working steers hard,
while young, az ii prevents their growth /,
there j. difference between working them
and merely training them. have observed
that very little attention j. paid by our
farmers 10 training their steers % back, but
a. they bcrume able % draw considerable
load ior~ard, they are often numerically
beaten on The head and lace because they
will not back cart or 'lci with as large a
load A. they can draw i'rwA'd' forgetting
that much pains have hcen taken 10 teach
them 10 draw ior~ard' but none 20 teach
them O. push backward 10 remedy 'he
occasion OF 'hi' humping A''''n a. nave
taught my steers to oe h'ndy'-'' ''' t. ''''el'
and 60 draw i'rWaFd' ! place 'h'm On a 'Ar'
where ''e ''nd u" ''''' d''''n''"S III
'h''''ua'ion they VIII ''on learn 10 o4'A
At Then place them on level hnd' ana
eI''eise them there Ihen 'e'en 'n'h 10
back cart up land that Is h''le r'''ns'
the cart having no load IN a. YET "hen
rave "NSo' 'D''n 10 s'''' " ~ '''
tongue A' '''y ought anu ',sN 81, '"P''
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forget Ih'' may 'Pp'" OF '''''' CONS,
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bow convenient 70 Is 20 rave our cattle "''S
well, why should We not teach them Tor '''
time when We want them to lay out 'h''I