SANDWICH — The Sandwich Fair has been going in some capacity for nearly 140 years, evolving from a small, annual market day to a four-day even…
A while ago, when I found Stash, one of my Scottish Highland oxen, dead in the field, I was devastated, but it also left his teammate, Topper,…
After months of preparation and a three-hour drive to Woods Hole, MA, we finally drove our truck and trailer, with four bovines and one donkey…
Typically Miles Smith Farm breeding is timed, so calves are born in early spring, so their mothers can get an entire season of abundant green …
SANDWICH — If you were a goat, sheep, horse, steer or ox, you might call the Sandwich Fair a beauty pageant, or the Granite State championship…
Last week I wrote about calling a steer a bull. I was told that was insider slang for oxen, but an email from Art Pease made me wonder. This w…
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The last time I saw Stash, he was standing at the gate, looking through the slats at me. I walked over, reached out, and popped an apple into …
Last week I told you how my oxen team, Topper and Stash, almost tumbled down a steep slope while pulling a log out of the woods. As they stood…
Topper and Stash stood on the edge of a ravine, a 20-foot drop, with a log attached to their yoke. One more step and they'd go over the edge d…