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- Deering Twine Binder Trade Card, "The Way the Boys Do It in Minnesota & Dakota," 1881 - Oxen were the main source of power on many farms before the development of portable steam and internal combustion engines. Under yoke, as shown here, they could haul a wide range of heavy objects: logs and boulders; vehicles, like wagons; or agricultural equipment, like plows. Using specially designed treadmills, oxen could also power stationary machinery in barns or farmyards.
- 1881
- Collections - Artifact
Deering Twine Binder Trade Card, "The Way the Boys Do It in Minnesota & Dakota," 1881
Oxen were the main source of power on many farms before the development of portable steam and internal combustion engines. Under yoke, as shown here, they could haul a wide range of heavy objects: logs and boulders; vehicles, like wagons; or agricultural equipment, like plows. Using specially designed treadmills, oxen could also power stationary machinery in barns or farmyards.
- Deering Ideal Binder, circa 1895 -
- circa 1895
- Collections - Artifact
Deering Ideal Binder, circa 1895