The Oxen in the Room

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The Oxen in the Room

I am writing this to hopefully stir some practical steps to re-ignite a better place for the oxen. Lord Caitanya told the Chand Kazi that the bull is like our father because he helps us produce grains vrisha anna upajaya tate tenho pita CC Adi 17.153. I am sure we have quoted that or paraphrased […]
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One Billion Cows on Earth. Good for the Earth but do it right

  Often times we read or hear media reporting about cows contributing to the climate change with a negative slant inferring that we have too many cows. Please check yourself from repeating anything that resembles a plan to reduce cows on the earth. There are not too many. Let me state my simplified case. If […]
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21 Jan

Bulls or Oxen. Whats in a Name

Whats in a name. In searching for something in the Srimad Bhagavatam that gives some reference to castrating a bull to make an ox I could not find something that said “you castrate a bull” directly however there is some word use information that might be telling. I am not a sanskrit scholar and may […]
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23 Dec

Pokey, Pushey, Kickey, Yoke flipper Ox getting readied as a working ox

  Just when it was all going so well..….. This is the second day out on a yoked training walk for the black ox. The first day was eventful, I had partnered him with a junior but partly trained ox and he decided to try out what it was like to run into a hedge. […]
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19 Nov

Training Seven year old skittish oxen that are huge

Training 7 year old oxen for work.   The challenging characteristics are that they are very very tall for oxen. They can leap a gate from a static position. They have never worked. They are very skittish. They are the head of the herd. There are no fully trained oxen to pair them with.. I have […]
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5 Nov

what do you need to know about setting up a cow protection farm

To the help the UK with a National Dairy Plan for ISKCON the following ten questions can form the basis of a more detailed dairy analysis. National Dairy Plan Zonal Plan Outline Preparation (ISKCON UK has 5 Zones) Questions to Answer How much milk is required to provide for the milk and milk products For […]
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5 Nov

Training a skittish 7 year old ox

  Train a spirited 6 year old ox (henry)….Well that is the plan. For him it means linking with a trained one and off he goes. First couple of sessions involved him being tied up (he was not used to that), next put a yoke on him next to another. he wanted to poke them […]
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Distilled Cow Urine Cures Eczema – A case report

Two days ago I met a man who had been cured some years ago of eczema by using distilled cows urine which I had given in a bottle to his mother. Here is a brief report. Some years ago lady was visiting the dairy farm at Bhaktivedanta Manor and we got to talking about the […]
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25 Jun

Milk consumption and how it impacts herd numbers

This study is based on the following figures: (The figures come from records of 20 years of farm management of a Cow Protection farm) Milk Yield per cow per calf = 10,000 litres (each cow allowed to run lactation until drops below 0.5 litres per day) Average life of a cow = 16.25 Years (takes […]
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24 Jun

Cow Belching and Releasing Gas Bad for the evironment – I dont buy it

Cows damaging the earth by passing air and belching. Huh! I dont buy it. Someone is not saying things as they are. When you try to find what is the evidence you find a maze of maybe this and could be that. For me the cow is beneficial in all aspects. In the things we […]
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