. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. ek in. Tell me an experience, I suggested. So this is how I came to hear aboutthe breaking of the white ox:_— I mind as if twor yesday, began the ox-man. Twas just such a marnin asthis tin. Wed been gentling and mussing wi Joseph—thats the white un—for weeks;kind o preparin im. We borrowed a man or two to lend a and. Them wor Gearge Jones and John lies. interpolated the boy at this point—nowthe name of the ox-boy was Bill. So um wor, continued the man. Well, we got un up to the plough pretty faireasy, and arnessed un—you see
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. ek in. Tell me an experience, I suggested. So this is how I came to hear aboutthe breaking of the white ox:_— I mind as if twor yesday, began the ox-man. Twas just such a marnin asthis tin. Wed been gentling and mussing wi Joseph—thats the white un—for weeks;kind o preparin im. We borrowed a man or two to lend a and. Them wor Gearge Jones and John lies. interpolated the boy at this point—nowthe name of the ox-boy was Bill. So um wor, continued the man. Well, we got un up to the plough pretty faireasy, and arnessed un—you see wed mussed im smairtish—but when we came to startun, why, then the ploy begun! There were a trained ox afore an another beyind; butdidnt make a morsel o difference, for that little white devil simply dragged em bothcross ground for matter of a undered yards and then—what do you think?—e laydown! We tried saft sawder, an coaxin, an ittin, an punchin, an thumpin, buttwornt no manner o use—for e just lay and snarted and rolled uns eyes—so at larst. TUKNING THE PLOUGH. The Draught Ox—A Survival 331
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