Guest guest Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 Below are some links that show how big the Chianina oxen are. I read that they were originally bred in Italy to pull cannons. The Tim Huppe/Drew Conroy ox training video that Berrybrook sells has a section that shows a team of Chianinas doing some plowing. Pretty amazing. This Chianina team in New Hampshire is pulling 20,000 pounds: http://www.berrybrookoxsupply.com/other_images/photos/4.jpg Here's a couple more: http://www.ruralheritage.com/ox_paddock/chianina.htm http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/chianina/ your servant, Hare Krsna dasi Noma Petroff wrote: >Interesting. Maybe they were very small bullocks. My son did ox power >workshops in Uganda and the oxen in the photos were very small, between >3 and 4 feet high -- not like the shoulder-high Brown Swiss we had at >Gita-nagari, nor like the giant Chianina's at the Topsham Fair, which >tower over my head! I can't imagine 8 of them yoked together. > >your servant, > >Hare Krsna dasi > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!!! THANKS!!! Gopal Das Noma Petroff <npetroff (AT) bowdoin (DOT) edu> Cow (Protection and related issues) <Cow (AT) pamho (DOT) net> Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:11 -0400 Big Chianina oxen Below are some links that show how big the Chianina oxen are. I read that they were originally bred in Italy to pull cannons. The Tim Huppe/Drew Conroy ox training video that Berrybrook sells has a section that shows a team of Chianinas doing some plowing. Pretty amazing. This Chianina team in New Hampshire is pulling 20,000 pounds: http://www.berrybrookoxsupply.com/other_images/photos/4.jpg Here's a couple more: http://www.ruralheritage.com/ox_paddock/chianina.htm http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/chianina/ your servant, Hare Krsna dasi Noma Petroff wrote: >Interesting. Maybe they were very small bullocks. My son did ox power >workshops in Uganda and the oxen in the photos were very small, between >3 and 4 feet high -- not like the shoulder-high Brown Swiss we had at >Gita-nagari, nor like the giant Chianina's at the Topsham Fair, which >tower over my head! I can't imagine 8 of them yoked together. > >your servant, > >Hare Krsna dasi > > ----------------------- To from this mailing list, send an email to: Cow-Owner (AT) pamho (DOT) net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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