The Organic Experimental Engine (oxen)

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May/June 1973
By John R. Scarlett 
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Nevertheless, at this point we're happily committed to chickens, pigs and oxen . . . and we're thankful to be trying an alternative that's slowing us down and helping us to find more in less. We're thankful also that in some way we may be helping the planet to survive man's presence.

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A few short months with oxen have already suggested still other alternatives to us. We are now beginning to think about new uses for manure, and especially for animal body heat, which we would like to use to help warm our next house. And, of course, we look forward to trying out John and Paul in more of their traditional tasks. In March we'll collect sap with the team for the first time, in May we'll learn to plow with them, and in June they'll help us put up loose hay.

Liz and I will be glad to share our experiences, in a more personal way, with anyone interested in exploring this alternative power source. We'd be especially excited to hear from anyone else in New York State and southern Ontario who has discovered O.X.EN. Write to us in care of MOTHER.

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