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["L. Santoyo" <santoyo@earthflow.com>]

This workshop sounds great- any chance you'll be repeating it later in the
year? and/or offering a more in depth oxen course?

I have not always gotten along w horses but draft animals have always
intrigued me- especially the buffalo/oxen I've seen in Thailand...


Larry
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*L. Santoyo, Director
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On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Jon H <rhizomonkey@gmail.com> wrote:

> Workshop: An Introduction to Training and Driving Oxen
>
> When: Saturday, May 14th , 10 AM to 5 PM
> Where: Living Energy Farm, Louisa VA (see below for directions)
> Registration Contact: Sara Tansey, *sara.m.tansey@gmail.com* , *
> 843-694-8896
> *
> Cost: $50, includes lunch. Checks made payable to Living Energy Farm.
>
> Internationally, no animal is used for draft as commonly as the ox.
> Sometimes referred to as the “poor man's horse,” oxen are cheaper and more
> easily obtained than horses, and much cheaper to feed. While not as fast as
> horses, they are stronger and have more endurance, and a more level
> disposition.
>
> This workshop is intended as an introduction to oxen for those with little
> or no experience with cattle. We will begin by discussing the historical
> and
> modern significance of the ox as a working animal. We will cover the pros
> and cons of different breeds, and go over the basics of selecting calves,
> early halter and yoke training, feeding, housing and care. We will then
> learn the basic commands used to drive oxen and discuss techniques used to
> teach each of these commands. Participants will have a chance to practice
> these commands by driving one of our oxen teams. We will demonstrate both a
> mature team plowing a field, and a younger team pulling a cart.
>
> This workshop will be taught by Luke Conner. Luke has worked with oxen
> since
> he was five years old, and has spent the past four years training, working,
> and showing his team, Calvin and Hobbes. Workshop assistants Jon and Debbie
> of Living Energy Farm have been training their team, Lojki and Fiddle, for
> the past eight months.
>
> Directions to Living Energy Farm:
>
> >From West/ Charlottesville area:
> Take I-64 East, toward Richmond. The next exit past Zion Crossroads is Rte.
> 208. Turn Left/ North on 208. Follow 208 for about 10 miles to the town of
> Louisa. When you come to a stoplight, turn Left. In one block, turn Right
> on
> Fredericksburg Ave. This road becomes Bibb Store Road. The (unmarked)
> address of the LEF property is 1050 Bibb Store Road. It will be on your
> Right. There is a white sign that says LEF on it.
>
> >From East/ Richmond area:
> Take I-64 West, toward Charlottesville. The next exit past Shannon Hill is
> Rte. 208. Turn Right/ North on 208. Follow 208 for about 10 miles to the
> town of Louisa. When you come to a stoplight, turn Left. In one block, turn
> Right on Fredericksburg Ave. This road becomes Bibb Store Road. The
> (unmarked) address of the LEF property is 1050 Bibb Store Road. It will be
> on your Right. There is a white sign that says LEF on it.
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