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neck of the off ox and the near ox is invited to come 

 under. This expression is so apt that a great many 

 years ago it became a classic in the hands of able writ- 

 ers to suggest submission or slavery termed "coming 

 under the yoke." Coming under the yoke, however, 

 for the New England ox, in these days of abundant 

 feeding, is no hardship. The oxen are large and power- 

 ful and the work they have to do is just about sufficient 

 to give them the needed exercise to enjoy their alfalfa 

 hay and feed of oats or corn. 



TRAVOY 



One of the first implements used by farm settlers in 

 the timbered sections of the United States and Canada, 

 was a three-cornered sled made from the fork of a tree. 

 This rough sled, in the French speaking settlements, 

 was called a "travoy." Whether it was of Indian or 

 French invention is not known ; probably both Indians 

 and French settlers used travoys for moving logs in the 

 woods before American history was much written. The 

 legs or runners of a travoy are about five feet long. 

 There is a bunk which extends crossways from one run- 

 ner to the other, about half or two-thirds of the way 

 back from the turned-up nose. This bunk is fastened 

 to the runners by means of wooden pins and U- 

 shaped bows fitted into grooves cut around the upper 

 half of the bunk near the ends. Just back of the 

 turned up nose is another cross piece in the shape of a 

 stout wooden pin or iron bolt that is passed through an 

 auger hole extending through both legs from side to 

 side of the travoy. The underside of the crotch is 

 hollowed out in front of the bolt to make room to pass 

 the logging chain through so it comes out in front un- 

 der the turned up nose. 



