. 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 . efield 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 straig
. 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 . efield 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 pins are put through holes in the voke down THE WATER each side (jf the huri-ahis neck, and a plaited rope is placedunder the neck and fastened at each end to the top of thepins. A voke of this kind the hutfalo cannot cast, iheyare driven with reins, the dri\er walking or riding be-hind, and are sometimes guided hv a rope attached to a nt)se ring. DISADVANTAGES OF THE BUFFALO Rice is the staple article of food throughout the FarEast, so that the prosperity of the people depends largelyupon the quantity of rice raised and its price. In Burma. \\ ater buffalo ploughing in a rice field in the Straits Settlements where a singlebuffalo is used. In Burma the buffaloes are always yoked in pairs
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