>>Ever wondered why it takes eight oxen to make up a plow team?
>We of the Seattle Farmer's Collective were wondering this earlier this
>week. The upshot of the discussion was that Heortlings:
>[...]
>b) don't have horse or cow collars, so the animal has to pull by using a
>rope around its neck
AFAIK Cows don't need no cow collars either. They can pull quite well with a rope around the neck. The horse collar was useful because the 'collar' that worked so well on the cow had a limiting effect on the maximum weight that the horse could pull.
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