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How Do We Know?

Horned Cattle Drawing a Dung Cart

Date:
circa 1750
Item Type:
picture
Horned Cattle Drawing a Dung Cart
From "Catchpenny Prints: 163 Popular Engravings from the Eighteenth Century", #248, pg. 157

About

Ox carts were commonly used in colonial New England. Horses were used as well, but oxen were stronger, didn't get sick as often, and were cheaper to feed. Oxen are neutered cattle trained to pull wagons and other farm equipment.