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Oxen

Oxen; a Teamsters Guide by Drew Conroy; Storey Publishing, 2015 (two older editions )
Oxen; Their Care, Training and Use, by Carmen Legge; Blue Mountain Press, 2012
Training the Teamster, booklet by Les Barden, with Foreword by Tim Huppe 4th edition printed 2019
The Pride and Joy of Working Cattle, by Ray Ludwig with Ivy Morrison; copyright 1995 by Ray Ludwig
On the Shoulders of Giants; Conversations with Oxen Teamsters, by Rob Collins, self-published, 2023
In Praise of Oxen by Francis Anderson (author) and Terry James (photographs) ; Nimbus publishing, 1992
Man’s Forgotten Friend; A History of the Ox, by N.S. Rose; self-published; 2017
Handbuch Rinderanspannung by Astrid Masson

Cattle

From Calf to Heifer; A Practical Guide for Rearing Young Stock; Jan Hulsen and Berrie Klein Swormink; Roodbont. Publishers; 2006
Cattle Behaviour and Welfare, by Clive Phillips, 2 nd Edition, Blackwell Publishing, 2002
The Cattle Health Handbook; Heather Smith Thomas; Storey Publishing

Horses Training and Handling

The Workhorse Handbook; by Lynn Miller; Editions 1 st and 2 nd are both are worth having
Farming with Horses; Voyageur Press 2006 and Driving Horses, Voyageur Press; 2014 , both by Steve Bauers and Marlen Steward
Several books by Cherry Hill: The Formative Years; Making Not Breaking; How to Think Like a Horse; What Every Good Horse Should Know
Holding the Lines (Horses, Hard Work, Love and Potatoes) by Maureen Ash

Horses; other subjects

Principles of Horse Conformation; Deb Bennett PhD, 2012
How to Be Your Own Veterinarian (sometimes); Ruth B James
Species - Rich grassland by Dr. Renate Vanselow

Practical Farming

Books by Stephen Leslie: The New Horse-powered Farm; 2013 and Horse-powered Farming for the 21 st century; 2015
Books by Lynn Miller: Horse drawn plows and plowing, Haymaking with Horse and Horse-drawn Tillage Tools

Classics of Agrarian Philosophy

An Agricultural Testament; by Sir Albert Howard ; first published in 1940 by Oxford University Press “This is the book that started the organic farming and gardening revolution, the result of Howard's 25 years of research at Indore in India. The essence of organics is brilliantly encapsulated in the Introduction, which ‘The maintenance of the fertility of the soil is the first condition of any permanent system of agriculture.’ “
One Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming; by Masanobu Fukuoka; first published in 1975; (The) book &quote is valuable to us because it is at once practical and philosophical. It is an inspiring, necessary book about agriculture because it is not just about agriculture." –Wendell Berry
The Unsettling of America; by Wendell Berry, first published 1977