| Show loss to countryside in passing of ox team where there are no big draft horses the mule la Is the only real rival of the ox or in farm work mule breeding in the south and the importation of the five big breeds of horses from northwestern europe into the united states rather than the invention of the tractor finally displaced the ox as a source of power on our farms and in our lumber camps the passing of the ox Is one of the penalties of progress it Is one of those cases where our esthetic feelings are sacrificed to productive efficiency oxen at work are more decorative than horses mules or tractors they give one the impression of irresistible power there Is something primitive about the way they are yoked joked and their power applied their very slowness the way they lean a against the yoke and the way the yoke creaks under the strain au all heighten the effect the countryside has lost one of 0 its charms since osen olen went out of fashion besides skill in driving oxen osen to Is becoming one of vie che lost arts cut but they are altogether too slow for this fast age while wo we like to look at oxen we are certain that we should not like to ride behind them we preter prefer to go whizzing in an automobile so BO there seems to be nothing to be done about it but we ave cant help feell feeling ng hint we lose by bring so terribly progressive progress like every other good thing costs something exchange |
