Training, Hartzell said, starts shortly after birth, when a calf can be weaned and persuaded to lead. Soon the animal leads with a partner, then with wearing a wooden (often birch) yoke. The young ...

Young oxen can be broken in as a team around 4 to 6 months of age, he said. The bow must be adjustable to accommodate the first year’s growth. A yoke rests directly on the necks of the team, and ...

"Raising a yoke of oxen," said a Westchester County farmer the other day, "is a good deal like raising children. You can never tell how they are going to turn out till they get too big for you to ...

John A. True, and Jonathan W. Morrill, the former of Newhuryport, and the latter of: Hampton Falls, Mass., have invented a useful improvement in a '; Bow Yoke Fastener," for which they have taken ...