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[duluthralphie]

I did not know that!

-Kathy

Yep, hook a steer to a yoke and make him pull and you have an Ox.

 

[ocap]

did you know Wikipedia has this information :

Ox

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This article is about cattle used for draft. For other uses of "ox" or "oxen", see Ox (disambiguation). For other uses of "bullock", see Bullock (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with aurochs or musk ox.


Zebu oxen in Mumbai, India.


Oxen used in farms for plowing.
An ox (plural oxen), also known as a bullock in Australia and India, is a bovine trained as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration makes the animals easier to control. Cows (adult females) or bulls (intact males) may also be used in some areas.
Oxen are used for plowing, for transport (pulling carts, hauling wagons and even riding), for threshing grain by trampling, and for powering machines that grind grain or supply irrigation among other purposes. Oxen may be also used to skid logs in forests, particularly in low-impact, select-cut logging.
Oxen are usually yoked in pairs. Light work such as carting household items on good roads might require just one pair, while for heavier work, further pairs would be added as necessary. A team used for a heavy load over difficult ground might exceed nine or ten pairs.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Can a bull be called an ox, or is it just castrated bovine?

-Kathy

 

[duluthralphie]

According to Wiki. I guess so. See above.


That is not how I learned it a Long time ago...BUT I suppose I could be wrong once in my life, but I find that doubtful.




The low impact logging has me baffled. I have seen how cows can tear up grass and ground, I would think a vehicle with turf tires or light pad carrying the log on a cart would do less damage.

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Did you know I was driving home thinking of "did you knows" I could post?

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Did you know that one of the kids in my children's church class this morning refused to tell me her actual name? When I asked she said, "my mom calls me stinker butt".

 

[kajira]

Did you know that one of the kids in my children's church class this morning refused to tell me her actual name? When I asked she said, "my mom calls me stinker butt".

haha... my daughter told her sunday school teacher she was half vampire and half bat and couldn't drink water, only blood and bugs.

did you know kids say the darndest things?

 

[Lucky Lemon]

haha... my daughter told her sunday school teacher she was half vampire and half bat and couldn't drink water, only blood and bugs.

did you know kids say the darndest things?

She rode to church with our bus ministry so her parent wasn't there to ask. I found an older kid that she rode with and asked her what the little girl's name is and she shrugged her shoulders and said, "Stinker butt".

So yeah ... total class disruption.

Did you know that it finally rained?

 

[kajira]

She rode to church with our bus ministry so her parent wasn't there to ask. I found an older kid that she rode with and asked her what the little girl's name is and she shrugged her shoulders and said, "Stinker butt".

So yeah ... total class disruption.

Did you know that it finally rained?

How did you keep a straight face????

Did you know I wish it would rain here???

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the grass is drying out again!

 

[BullChick]

did you know that is why I am skeptical when a human mother reports her babies killed and she does not have a scratch, not one single bruise in defending her babies.

When she protects the baby in her arms rather than her stomach, is she making the right choice?

Did you know it is not sex, but lack of sex that makes a bull an oxen?

Did you know I was driving home thinking of "did you knows" I could post?

Did you know that one of the kids in my children's church class this morning refused to tell me her actual name? When I asked she said, "my mom calls me stinker butt".

Did you know that Duckling is never called by her name except here? I didn't know mine until I was nine.

haha... my daughter told her sunday school teacher she was half vampire and half bat and couldn't drink water, only blood and bugs.

did you know kids say the darndest things?