Rudolf Koller was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1828 and died in 1905.
Famous for painting realistic rural scenes, primarily of his native Switzerland.
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A cow eats its body-weight in green forage every 10 days. It is more economical to walk the cow to the forage than to cut and carry the forage to the cow.
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Putting up hay for winter
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Cattle were primarily traction animals before the time of tractors. Milk was secondary with meat and leather tertiary products.
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If you wanted meat, you poached ;-)
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Hat-tip to the unstoppable Lucas
I'm lucky to have a yoke of oxen nearby to work with. Great for snaking a log out of the rocky woods around here.
ReplyDeleteNo need to cut a road in there for that valuable oak.
Thanks as always for sharing ERJ.
ReplyDeleteSomething in my mind feels like that era - post Napoleonic Wars to pre-WW I - represents something unique in European history, something that was only realized after it had been completely destroyed by WW I.