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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

Forestry

  • The Horse in the Forest by Hans Sidbäck

  • Holzrücken mit Pferden by Erhard Schroll Ed.

Youtube Channels

Organizations outside of the USA

Please also Reference the DAPMap and if you have an organization you think should be added to this list please send us an email at dapnetinfo@gmail.com

Europe
Fédération Européenne du Cheval de Trait pour la promotion de son Utilisation (FECTU )- https://www.fectu.org/animal-traction/

Germany
Arbeitsgruppe Rinderspannung - https://www.zugrinder.de/de/
Interessengemeinschaft Zugpferde e.V. - https://www.ig-zugpferde.de
Center for Draft Cattle Research and Education - https://kloster-lorsch.de/en/freilichtlabor-lauresham-laboratory-for-experimental-archaeology/center-for-draft-cattle-research-and-education/

France
Association Attelages Bovines Aujourd’hui - http://attelagesbovinsdaujourdhui.unblog.fr
Prommata - https://www.prommata.org

Uganda
Oxen Clinic Uganda- https://www.oxenclinicuganda.com

Puerto Rico
Proyecto La Timonera - https://www.instagram.com/proyectolatimonera/
Proyecto Verada - https://www.instagram.com/proyecto_vereda/

United Kingdom
British Horse Loggers - http://www.britishhorseloggers.org