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As to the oxen equipage, (known contemporarily as furniture), there were but two components, the yoke and the chain. The American yoke was fashioned from a block of wood four feet in length, flat on the top and arched on the underside at each end to accommodate the curvature of the ox’s neck. Two holes were bored at each end of the yoke, spaced apart about the width of an ox’s head to receive ...
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