. The water buffalo (often called the mud buffalo) its characteristics and habits together with a description of the preparation of its hide for making rawhide loom pickers . rodii^ious strensj:;th enables it to do anenormous amount ot work; bein<^ alile to live ontood which other animals refuse makes it less expensiveto keep, and its ability to live and do heavy, hard workin the hot humid atmosphere ot the tropics makes itparticularly suitable tor the conditions which prevail inthe Far East. It is otten harnessed to a cart, but its fondness forwater, as already stated, makes this attendant
. The water buffalo (often called the mud buffalo) its characteristics and habits together with a description of the preparation of its hide for making rawhide loom pickers . rodii^ious strensj:;th enables it to do anenormous amount ot work; bein<^ alile to live ontood which other animals refuse makes it less expensiveto keep, and its ability to live and do heavy, hard workin the hot humid atmosphere ot the tropics makes itparticularly suitable tor the conditions which prevail inthe Far East. It is otten harnessed to a cart, but its fondness forwater, as already stated, makes this attendant with somerisk. In IJurma it is especially valued tor dragging heavylogs up the steep river banks to the saw pits where thelogs are sawed by hand. The logs are scarfed off on oneend so that they can be dragged along the ground, ahole made near the end and a chain fastened to the logand yoke. A pair ot buftaloes in this way will easilydrag an immense log which two yijke of oxen couldnot start. IT EXCELS IN THE RICE FIELDS It is in the rice tields, however, that the butfalo is not sown broadcast; it is tirst planted in nurseries. 24 GJRLJXD AUNUFJCTUR/ya A street scene in Manila and when about i 2 inches high is transplanted a spearat a time into the soft mud ot the fields which has beenprepared bv ploughing. Rice grows best under about4 inches ot water, and the ploughing which producesthe richest mud produces the best crop. In preparing the ground tor the rice, no animal isequal to the buftalo, lor in the mud and water ot thefield it is in its element. Its ereat weiirht causes it tosink deep in the mud and its enormous strength enablesit to plough deeper than can be done in anv (Jther man-ner. The ploughing mav be done bv a single butialodragging a wooden plough or thev mav be voked in voke is a straight, heavy beam ot hard wood turnedto a diameter ot about 5 inches. Instead ot a bow suchas the old ox-bow of New England, two straight, heavyhard-wood pi
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