Draught Animal News No. 28, (1998)

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Research and Development Projects

Africa
General: Working oxen, more than traction alone -- principles behind practices and long term consequences (Piet Leegwater)
South Africa:  Donkey Research at the University of Pretoria in South Africa (S. Matthee & R.C. Krecek)

Asia
India:  The Bargur -- a hill breed of cattle of South India (N. Kumaravelu, D. Sreekumar & C.K. Thomas)

India:  An economical and less energy intensive animal-drawn tillage system for rice cultivation in the Bastar Plateau Zone of India (A.K. Dave & R.R. Saxena)

Indonesia:  Physiological responses of male and female black swamp buffalo working in the field during the hot/dry and cool/humid seasons in Bali, Indonesia (Wayan Kasa)

Letters to the Editor

Instructions on how to make a hay-net (Jeremy Hume, Chief Executive, SPANA)

Short Notes and News

CARTMAN:  non-profit making organisation aimed at improving animal welfare in India
TAWS:  seminar on Traction Animal Health and Technology Rural Heritage:  website on history of horse-drawn implements in the USA and various videos

Book Review

Donkeys for Development (Peta A. Jones)

Forthcoming Events 

Third International Colloquium on Working Equines, Mexico 1998
Workshop on Conservation Tillage with Animal Traction for Soil-Water Management and Environmental Sustainability, Namibia 1998  ATNESA Conference on Empowering Farmers through Animal Traction into the 21st Century, South Africa 1999

New Books 

Feeding and Working Strategies for Oxen Used for Draft Purposes in Semi-arid West Africa (A. Fall)

Implements

Drawings of a cart which can be used as a wagon by adding wheels
A direct sowing machine for a small scale farmer?

General Articles

Recent Publications

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