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Steve Gray
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Re: Draught Animals
Nov 19, 2008, 11:07
nigelswift wrote:
Seeing is believing
http://www.sunnyfortuna.com/history/logging-redwood/images/redwood-ox-team.jpg

What would a Redwood log weigh I wonder?
And how many blokes would that lot represent?


Brilliant, Nigel! So my speculation about independent pairs seems to be unnecessary in the light of that picture. Now, I wonder who it was who originally stated that "oxen are notoriously difficult to control in teams".
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