Posted by Crookedwrench on March 24, 2021 at 18:31:57 from (75.81.242.168):
In Reply to: mule and oxen posted by swindave on March 24, 2021 at 16:52:24:
I am a 72 year old retired veterinarian. Had lots of contact with mules, but never worked any. My favorite photo of my father was taken in 1937 with him driving an ox team in the logging woods of western KY. Mules and horses seem to know when they are going to be asked to pull, and they tend to jump at the trace chains to get the load moving. Oxen with cloven hooves due much better in the bottomlands mud. Mules and horses back and turn with more agility than the oxen. The ox yoke is a pretty crude piece of equipment. Harness for the horse and mule is a bit more forgiving. The art of rolling log after log up on a log wagon using chains and skid poles is fascinating to watch. The oxen take the load up very steady and slow. To earn my rite of passage as a green veterinarian my senior colleague sent me out on a farm call to administer deworming medication via a nasogastric tube to 21 unbroken 3-5 year old mules. They were herded into a barn and the mule skinners lassoed them from a loft. Eventually they had a rope halter applied and the rope end ran thru the slots of a corn crib. Wranglers announced, Ready Doc! Passing a 6 long 1/2 diameter nasogastric tube into the stomach was accomplished in twenty of the mules. Prearranged deal was $6/head including the medicine. 1975. I have not forgotten that day nor the 21st mule. Don
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