Out in the Barnyard

Out in the Barnyard
These are some of the farm animals mentioned in the books.
This information is from Breeds of Livestock, Rural Heritage and R & M Gaited Mules

HORSES

Percheron

Percheron Team

Belgian

Belgian Team

Clydesdale

Clydesdale

CATTLE

Guernsey

Guernsey

Hereford

Jersey

Shorthorn

Shorthorn

OXEN An ox, to early American farmers who used the beast, was a mature castrated male belonging to the domestic cattle family, or genus Bos, most likely trained to work, and at the end of its life inevitably used for meat.

Ayrshire Oxen Team

MULES
cross between a female horse and a male donkey

Gaited Mule Stud

Gaited Mule Stud

SHEEP

Shropshire Ewe

Shropshire Ram

SWINE

Chester White

Duroc

Poland China

And the chickens & ducks & geese & turkeys!

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