Cows for Draft Animals?

[JBurch]

@Howie 4054 wrote:

That year May raised five calves, and Dazy raised three.

What are you talking about- one cow raising five calves? As a surrogate mother? :confused:

[Howie]

The year that May raised 5 calves I milked two quarts out of each front teat and bottle fed it to the pair of calves that are now my oxen. Then I let two other calves nurse the rest of her milk. When they were about five months old I replaced them with another calf. All five done great.

[Joshua Kingsley]

In regards to condition being a problem when it comes to plowing clay type soils. You could always plow in the fall and allow the soil to mellow and gain moisture through the winter. Provided you have been haying and working your oxen or horses in the summer the fall plowing would take advantage of the cooler season and thier better condition from a summer of work.
Just a thought, josh

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