In the late fourties many farmers(white) still used oxen to plough their fields but some of us used mules instead because they worked faster and if I remember correctly we only use 10-12 mules for a 2 furrow plow with 14 inch shears. The guys with the oxen used at least 12 oxen but more often 16! You have to know the business to control 12 mules and to get them harnessed. They all wear eye flaps because they easily got startled. Some of our black farmers still use oxen but it is something that will disappear in the next 20 years. I think there is a nish marketing oppertunity if one can keep 12 to 16 well trained oxen and show off with them on shows, festivals, etc. People of today do not have a clue how we as farmers struggle in the beginning years - and you know what it was peaceful and we live longer. Thanks for a great video. I like the way you control the oxen from behind - with our bigger teams we used somebody infron, one aside with a long handle whip and one guy controling the plow. Regards from Springbok country - South Africa.

@mattychapati

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your reply. I'm glad that you appreciated this video. Actually, in India they've been using oxen in this way for thousands of years. All the Hare Krishna farms around the world use oxen, so it is something, at least in our community that will never die out.

I love your video.And do believe that everyone can grow their own food and milk.People shouldn’t depend on a store to stock up their food.We have the power to teach others and continue this tradition for generations to come.And poverty Can no longer be a reason people starve.Thanks for sharing this tradition.I guarantee organic food taste better and even better when you know you harvested.

Dear Erin. Thank you for your constructive criticism and thoughts. I really appreciate an honest opinion of my work. When I shot this I was a full on ox worker and had only just started to make films and learn about editing. My idea was to produce a series of educational films for devotees, and anyone else who may be interested in working the land with oxen and keeping a cow or two. Krsna is very kind. Hari bol!

@antonioandrei9446

7 жыл бұрын

Matty Dread gfxv

@user-nn5mp6sn7h

6 жыл бұрын

+Antonio Andrei 444>ققث

@enmanuelzapata5919

6 жыл бұрын

Matty Dread vv

@mattychapati

6 жыл бұрын

mule skinner The yoke keeps the two oxen bound together. Don't worry, they don't get sore from the yoke's.

@rosalbaespinorodriguez7008

6 жыл бұрын

Matty Dread.

thanks for remembering the traditional farming GOD bless you

@mustafselimo8895

3 жыл бұрын

U zu h

Lovely ,they ate great animals .Great to see a person looking after them .

@mattychapati

6 жыл бұрын

Golfgtiguy Thank you. The cow's and oxen also have their own medical team that look after them.

Feel peaceful when watching this, Food comes not easy, we shouldn't waste food.

Thanks educating and encouraging people to work with such magnificent animals beyond meat.

Thank you for sharing.🐄🐄

A pleasure to see these folks working with the teams. Just watching speaks volumes about a "Peaceful Lifestyle". Live and let live. :)

@mattychapati

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you MormanAll. Live and let live indeed :-)

they are so calm and nice! good job!

@mattychapati

8 жыл бұрын

+Gustav Andersson They are very beautiful creatures. I love them all so much.

I love the video. Great work.

@mattychapati

6 жыл бұрын

Springhill Water Thank you.

What spectacular creatures!

This filming was of excellent quality; I could have used it for a learning series on animals if it had a narrative. Maybe you'll do another? Or add a soundtrack to this one?

The word ox came from the Old English word oxa. The Anglo-Saxons called cattle oxa while the Normans called them boef in Old French. I think the reason the word ox became restricted to oxen is because the Anglo-Saxons used them to plow fields and pull carts while the Normans ate beef. Can you believe that?

Who are watching in 2021

That music ! Wow. 💕💕

@mattychapati

4 жыл бұрын

The divine Ragas of the master Ravi Shankar

Thank you for this video. We like it.

@mattychapati

6 жыл бұрын

Werner Lourens You're welcome. I'm glad that you enjoyed it.

Awesome!

Very nice . Hardworking oxens👌👌

@mattychapati

3 жыл бұрын

@Rahul Ware Oxen, as they are castrated. Bulls still have their 'tickle tackle.' :)

💯

wow wonderful animals! thank you for the video. what was planted there?

@mattychapati

6 жыл бұрын

Mother Nature Ranch All sorts of vegetables were planted there. Spinach, beetroot, cabbage and cauliflower to name a few.

excellent music

@mattychapati

Жыл бұрын

Yes Leela, love Ravi Shanka raga's. Obviously been some people on here that have heard the music and obviously have absolutely no idea about Indian music or culture. Anyway, it takes all sorts in this life, so it seems. Om 🕉 Hari Om 🕉

@ Wessel Van Wyk, Sir thank you so much for making this video, I am from India and I glad to see this video, I was eagerly awaiting for such videos where you are using oxen instead of mule because in India we prefer oxen only, i want to develope such farming equipment here in India, i request your help by providing me a disign to develope such kind of equipment which help us a lot for affordable farming.

I hope one day humans will repay oxen for building our civilization. It would not have been possible without them.

@mattychapati

Жыл бұрын

Well we try our best by having one of Europe's biggest cow protection centres. Also Google 'Ahimsa Farms' UK.

un servidor tabajo hasta los 22 años 9 meses en esto de cultibar tierras con ynta de bueyes pero por motibos economicos emigre a la ciudad de monterrey n l a trabajar en una fabrica de refrescos envriagantes si abusas de ellos me encantaba la agricultura o me encanta soy un sr de 76 años natibo de s n l mexico saludos camaradas pedro alanis alanis perdon por mi mala ortografia paa

Very beautiful video. it's sad how in western countries the knowlege of training oxes is getting lost (I live in one too: Switzerland). have you experience with training a cow? I have a mothercow who realy likes to pull. Do you use voice commands?

@mattychapati

8 жыл бұрын

+Calida Feuersichel Hi Calida. Thank you for your nice comment. The voice commands we use are based on the American system for training oxen. Get up = go. Haw = left. Gee (pronounced 'jee') = right. Woah = stop. Get back = get back (reverse). The reverse command will only work when the oxen are free standing without being attached to any buggy or cart etc. To train them you may have to use a stick. Please don't hit them hard. We never use excessive force, but animals understand what a stick is. We could never do what we do without it. Hard to control big heavy oxen without a stick or a whip. No doubt people may find this alarming but please don't forget that we are into protecting cows and not hurting them. Bhaktivedanta Manor Hare Krishna Temple UK is one of the biggest cow protection centres in Europe.

Thank you Chakraborty. Did you see the other videos in this series?

@babasahebgaywal7839

6 жыл бұрын

Matty Dread

@iloveamerica8541

4 жыл бұрын

You should use a better yoke.

Our oxen here are just now old enough to work and we're getting familiar with the equipment we've collected. With horse farming, they usually use three draft horses for a riding plow and it does look like hard going for the two you are working. Our soil here in Glenoma, Washington is very soft and light, so even with our out-of-condition oxen, do you think we can use a riding plow?

@mattychapati

8 жыл бұрын

Give it a try, you've nothing to lose. There are tried and tested methods for farming, but there is a lot to be said for trial and error also. Good luck and please keep me posted on your progress. Hare Krsna.

@jamesmorton8224

8 жыл бұрын

Oxen are much stronger than horses.

I enjoyed the music. You did not link the music in the video. It is now 2017 are these oxen now trained? Did they and you become a good working team?

@mattychapati

6 жыл бұрын

Yes all the oxen in this video were already trained. Most people working with the Oxen bond with them very quickly.

@GhulamRasool-cy7si

6 жыл бұрын

medak antharam villege

@mattychapati

6 жыл бұрын

Ghulam Rasool This is Bhaktivedanta Manor. ISKCON UK.

Where do you get a plow like what you're using with the brown and white oxen? I would like to buy one

@mattychapati

3 жыл бұрын

We made it. Good isn't it!

Do you think it is an ox or a strong horse?

Confused why the nose rings which must be very painful to force your will and force compliance - is this really necessary and the highest way to respect the cow?

I know this is a older video, but I'm curious to learn why you use metal bows and not wood?

@mattychapati

Жыл бұрын

It's just preference really. Metal are more robust but wooden bows are just as good.

@swampyankee72

Жыл бұрын

@@mattychapati thank you for the reply, otherwise it was a great video. I always used wood when I had mine.

where can I buy a plow with wheels can someone tell me ?please.

@mattychapati

6 жыл бұрын

Jesus Alcala Google 'plow with wheels.'

Which breed are these oxens

That older brown and white ox NEEDS to be on the outside of the turn because his knees are SWOLLEN. Tight inside turns out too much strain on his poor SWOLLEN knees. But the boys need help plowing properly to get it done easier on them and the ox.

@mattychapati

3 жыл бұрын

His knees are not swollen. He was born with big knees, so it was in his genetic make up. They didn't cause him any problems.

Why does the brown oxen has huge knees?

@mattychapati

3 жыл бұрын

He was born with big knees, so it was in his genetic make up. They didn't cause him any problems. He name was Sukadeva. He was extremely peaceful, and a very gentle soul. My favourite ox who sadly passed away a few years ago.

what is the working life span of an ox....and what happens when he has to "retire"?

@mattychapati

9 жыл бұрын

The oxen work between 12-15 years through out their lives. It all depends on the particular oxen as they are all individuals, and therefore they all have individual spans of time for their working lives. We are currently working on getting blue collars for all the oxen. When they retire, they literally retire. They don't have to work anymore and, they can lay in the warm barns in the hay during winter. Then when spring comes they stay out to pasture until it gets too cold, and again the whole herd come into the warm barns for the duration of the cold UK winter until, again when the warm spring weather comes around again.

Matty I am making a short video about what Oxen are. May I use a bit of this video if I show credit.

@mattychapati

8 жыл бұрын

Yes my friend. Please feel free to use any of the film that you like. I look forward to seeing your film.

@Grandpacarlreacts

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend.

Hi good night, would it be possible to use a part of this video?

@symhatree7902

2 жыл бұрын

Can I please ask in what context that you would like to use it for?

@kiki1299able

2 жыл бұрын

@@symhatree7902 hi I am doing a video that I want to show what it looks like to be equally yoked

@symhatree7902

2 жыл бұрын

@@kiki1299able Sure no problem

@kiki1299able

2 жыл бұрын

@@symhatree7902 thanks no problem. i will put where i got the video from.

Hi Matty, Thank you for the video. I'm a PhD student and I wonder if it would possible to use your oxen for research? Is there an email or website, or something where we could discuss? Thanks!

@mattychapati

3 жыл бұрын

Please leave me your email address and I'll get back to you.

They appear to be disking the same plot of ground again and again. Huh?

@withastickangrywhiteman2822

5 жыл бұрын

Trained cows know there would be nice food after work.

Sorry guys, couldn't finish the video, the music was driving me crazy.

@mattychapati

3 жыл бұрын

Have you not heard of the mute button? :-)

After ten years complete this video 2023

@mattychapati

Жыл бұрын

Please explain? ... This video is complete.

It's a shame there is no audio to hear the vocal cues for the bullocks (sorry, oxen on that side of the world) and I found some content a little slow going - not so time consuming if you are out on the field actually with them, but as a video it could have been shorter, or at least with a narrative of given vocal cues, their names etc, something to make it more personal. Even so, all glories to your seva, it is nice to see the boys out working in this age where so many ISKCON farms breed to milk cows - and use milking machines =( - and the boys just munch around on grass - their manure is a great service but Prabhupada always wanted the boys to be used instead of tractors. So yay actually following real cow protection! I am inspired.

I think head yokes are better them neck yokes, oxen with head yokes have better control over themselves.

Thank you so much for this video. Please make more videos for beginners in the farming and goshala dairy...also 1. Vegetable garden for producing organic vegetables or one's where lots of chemicals are not used. 2. Tulsi tree cultivation and maintenance 3. How to get food for the cattle in cheap. 4. Goshala maintenance and looking after gomathas 5. Harvesting rain water for forming 6. Sustainable energy sources like solar, wind, cow-dung gas (biogas) etc and other videos which you like..... Sir, you have very good knowledge and a kind heart please make more videos...please.....

@mattychapati

8 жыл бұрын

+jaglinuxmint Hari bol. I will endeavour to make some films as you've requested.

@jaglinuxmint

8 жыл бұрын

Mattychapati das Thank you prabhu!

@mattychapati

8 жыл бұрын

+jaglinuxmint I'll do my best to make more videos as you've requested. Where are you based? Hari bol

@jaglinuxmint

8 жыл бұрын

Mattychapati das I am from India prabhu! This knowledge you are imparting is the need of the hour for the entire planet.

@mattychapati

8 жыл бұрын

Prabhu,it is not me imparting this knowledge. All the credit should be directed to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

What's the music?

@mattychapati

6 ай бұрын

Ravi Shankar. RIP. Sitar maestro.

Some hard-working assistants. That plowing looks like pretty tough going. Hope they get all kinds of appreciation from you. They look awfully well taken care of.

@mattychapati

6 жыл бұрын

Le Kre Yes. The place where they live is Bhaktivedanta Manor Hare Krishna temple. It's the biggest cow protection centre in the UK and the second in Europe.

@mattychapati

6 жыл бұрын

Le Kre The cow's and oxen also have their own medical team that look after them.

Can a single ox pull a 1 12"-14" furrow plow or 2 oxen pull a 2 furrow plow? I've googled and can't find anything. I would think the could given 2-3 horses pull a single.

@mattychapati

6 жыл бұрын

kinnymonster Two mature oxen can pull just about anything!

@kinnymonster

6 жыл бұрын

Matty Dread so theoretically 2 oxen could pull 2 bottoms for at least half a day? I would think that's better than 3 horses pulling 1 all day. Our family had a 1000 head beef setup but we had to quit feeding in 05. Never did oxen. There is an Amish farm an hour from where I live.

@mattychapati

6 жыл бұрын

kinnymonster Yes I would think they could. By the way, in our culture the cow is sacred and it is most sinful to kill her. The western world just needs to be educated. Please don't take offence. Nothing personally directed at you.

@kinnymonster

6 жыл бұрын

Matty Dread you're Indian? I don't take offense. To each their own. My best friend growing up was seventh day adventist, split hoof only. The crime is those large dairy operations in India. Cattle was our life. The better they were the better we did. There was also a lil emotional attachment that went away when we sold for profit.

@mattychapati

6 жыл бұрын

kinnymonster No I'm not of Indian birth but follow the ancient Vedic way of life, known otherwise as Hare Krishna. To us all life is sacred. We are pure vegetarian, no meat, fish or eggs. To us all life is equal whether human or animal.

What is that of a breed ?

@mattychapati

2 жыл бұрын

Meuse-Rhine-Issel and English Longhorn.

Sir I want to preach a sermon on Yoke for the Youth. I will give you the credit for you. I will use this for only one minute show. Can I use this?

@mattychapati

Жыл бұрын

Yes of course, please feel free to use as much as you like 🙏🏼

What if they both poot????

@mattychapati

3 жыл бұрын

Natural fertilizer for the earth.

So, are oxen better than horses for farm work?

@Jefferdaughter

6 жыл бұрын

Like all similar questions, the correct answer is: It depends!! They are different, but not hugely different. Horses are faster, and tend to be more versatile. They think and respond a bit differently, and some will find one or the other species easier to work with. Cows can be trained as oxen and also milked and their calves eaten - but so can horses; it just is not part of our culture. So, it depends on what you like, and what you are comfortable with. They both can reproduce themselves. Run on 'solar' power (via pasture and hay), instead of purchased fuels. With good care, they both can do useful work into their late teens or early 20s. With proper management, they will both increase soil fertility. But plowing - except for narrow rows in a cover crop or closely grazed pasture (see Gab4e Brown or Colin Seis on KZread) - is destructive, no matter the power source used.

@JohnDoe-zl6ph

6 жыл бұрын

I've owned both, I will never own another horse. They are brain dead idiots. Oxen are much more reliable, the ones in this video don't work together very well.

@JohnDoe-zl6ph

6 жыл бұрын

At least the first pair that were plowing don't work together very good.

@elhombredeoro955

6 жыл бұрын

I am living in India and I have seen people using male water buffaloes too but never horses for farm works. I even have 2 water buffaloes but they are for milk and butter.

@lynnehuff9659

6 жыл бұрын

The yoke is so different from American yokes. Not to say it is bad, but it does not appear to fit. Haven't seen chains to the nose and wonder why they are even ringed. The pioneers didn't ring them I guess there are many manners of working. Weird yoke though. Could definitely do without the music.

What breed are they? Red holsteins?

@mattychapati

7 жыл бұрын

meuse rhine issel

@LovepreetSingh-xb2ro

3 жыл бұрын

Ayrshire

@mattychapati

2 жыл бұрын

Meuse-Rhine-Issel and English Longhorn.

Bhaktivedanta manor goshala UK

Toi rat thích vi toi cung la ngươi lam ruong cay bang bo

sound like an india music

@babasahebgaywal7839

6 жыл бұрын

vincent yap

Since these two have obviously been castrated, why then are there rings in their noses????? Is there a problem controlling them????

@Adrian-ue7wg

7 жыл бұрын

yes is a problem of control

@mattychapati

6 жыл бұрын

Deb Zimmerman Without ring's in their noses you cannot control them or steer them in the direction that you need them to go.

Keep in mind that cows are ruminants!

Would rather there had been speaking, the music as such was very distracting.

Ni un Yugo como la gente.

i don't like the thin metal collars.....i would prefer the bigger blue ones, or wooden ones....

@Saartje05

8 жыл бұрын

+fuerstmetternich I don't like those thing at all, I don't understand why an ox have to pull like this and not with it's chest like a horse. Looks so uncomfortable for them. Although the animals are well take care off, but still.

@lynnehuff9659

6 жыл бұрын

Pulling by the neck or with some system of yoking, by the horns is traditional, and works fine. Oxen can pull heavy wagons and skid timber. These yokes don't really seem to fit, nor do the oxen appear to be working together. I can't tell if the teamster is using voice commands, or not. The oxen seem in good flesh. No pole on the plow is curious. I agree they do not appear comfortable at all. I'm interested in them and just read a good book featuring oxen teams as the principals going out the Old Oregon Trail.

@mattychapati

6 жыл бұрын

Lynne Huff Voice commands are always used to control oxen. Because of the pecking order, the dominant oxen always tries to give the more submissive oxen a hard time, even whilst harnessed in a yoke. The yokes are hand made by the bramhacari's (monk's) who live at the temple. The yokes may look like they don't fit but work perfectly.

@2:45 Very dangerous position! Anything that would make these animals jumpy and he'd be crushed!

@mattychapati

2 жыл бұрын

No you're wrong. The yoke is stopping that from happening.

...plus choice of music could use improvement.

@mattychapati

2 жыл бұрын

It's traditional classical Indian music. If it's not to your taste than use the the thing called the 'volume control.' Anyway, do you actually have anything positive to say?

Ancient traditions Sacred Animals God bless do not eat mother cow and Ox Bullock Gods watching

Why can't a normal harness being used on an ox? This seems so uncomfortable for them. A wooden 'stick' in your neck and something around your neck without being able to move your head doesn't seem very friendly to me. Why is that?

@rafterbarr1506

7 жыл бұрын

Saartje05 actually it is comfortable, some of the same concepts are used in weight lifting and man hauling.

@Saartje05

7 жыл бұрын

RafterBarR I've never seen a man lifting weights and then heard him say how comfortable it is...

@rafterbarr1506

7 жыл бұрын

Saartje05 Strongman competitions, yoke walk although that is a weight carry rather then a pull, if that hurt them, they wouldn't use it. Also ox yokes are carefully built as to assure animal comfort.

@lizslp86

5 жыл бұрын

I agree.If the animal (ox or horse) wears this behind their head for about 4 hours long.Think about how in one day,a month,a year can change their bone structure.Maybe it won’t show for them.But,the time the animal wears it it prolongs So,much uncomfortability.Hope,there can be a better way to keep them working in the field with comfortable harness.I doubt that the wood behind their head is comfortable.There has to be a better way.Practically is just to keep them together and moving forward.But,there has to be a better way.Just my opinion altough they do a great job.Traditionally is an old way to plot the ground.Hope,someone can figure this one out and give them the change they need.

Less annoying music and more talking/explaining

@patriotamazon189

5 жыл бұрын

Fashy Farmer I had to shut the sound off. Instant brain pain

The music is terrible and the worst you can hear

@mattychapati

3 жыл бұрын

It's called classical Indian music or raga. It date's back thousands of year's.

Wat up wit that weird music

@mattychapati

3 жыл бұрын

The music of India. What's up with your weird dictation? :)

Why did you have to hit them with the whip on the butt?

@mattychapati

2 жыл бұрын

That's the way to train them otherwise you have less control. It's only a gentle tap and not done in a heavy handed fashion.

Las vacas se enganchan de los cuernos, wyeces donde tienen la fuerza. Mis mulos del cuello.

You must love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. You must love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus the anointed is Lord! Repent and be baptized and believe the Gospel.

This is funny. Only a Hare Krishna head would call Ox "Mother Cows"!

@mattychapati

3 жыл бұрын

If you read the description properly, there was going to be a whole set of videos about cow husbandry. The set was going to be called ' A house for mother cow.' This video was intended as a part of that series.

@mattychapati

2 жыл бұрын

Yes there was going to be a whole series of videos called 'A house for mother cow.' Hence the name. Why nitpicking? Got anything positive to say?

Who in Christ name chose your guitar picker? That's awful. Enjoyed the video but had to mute it.

@mattychapati

6 жыл бұрын

Preston Thompson It's called classical Indian music or raga. It date's back thousands of year's.

a ne mos peske

Yokohama sufficient

Leave it to humans to exploit other living things for our own personal gain.

@mattychapati

2 жыл бұрын

If you do your research then you'll find that the Hare Krishna people are number one in the world for cow protection. Also research the Hindu scripture and you'll see that they regard the cow as one of their seven mothers.

beautiful animals. makes me sad to see them harnessed and pull such heavy weight. thank goodness for modern machinery

@mattychapati

7 жыл бұрын

Actually modern machinery is the killer of all draft animals. You're probably unaware that where this is filmed is actually the biggest cow protection centre in the UK. You'll find that wherever there is a Hare Krishna farm that all the cow's, oxen and bull's are protected, as this is part and parcel of Vedic agriculture.

It is always very difficult to control and guide two animals. In case of young bulls it is extremely difficult, because they are 'beast' even they are constrated. My view is that instead of two constrated bulls one young bull can do the same job. But that cannot be trusted. After all, it is a 'beast' and it has the capacity to kill you at any time, even you are his master!

@dovahgoat1367

6 жыл бұрын

That's why everyone cuts the bull's balls off before being put to work so they don't get out of hand

Thus harnessing kill oxen by starvation !

@mattychapati

8 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but you don't know what you're talking about. In over 30 year's, none of the oxen have ever passed away from starvation, although I presume that you meant to say ' suffocation. '

horrible and irritating music

@mattychapati

4 жыл бұрын

The music of India!