![]() To write heart-fluttering historical romance. With her interest in genealogical research give her the background and passion Her experiences with theįlint Hills setting, her natural love for history, farming and animals, along ![]() Graduate of Kansas State University with a dual major in Agriculture andīusiness, Cindy works for her local school district as clerk of the board ofĮducation and is active in her church and community. Heaven,and two beautiful daughters-in-law. Married to her husband of 38 years, has two grown sons, a son residing in Born and raised in Kansas, she writes stories of historical Kansas,Įspecially the Flint Hills area where she spent much of her childhood. ![]() Certain cattle are purposely bred to be oxen. Usually, only mature males (over 4 years of age) from the largest breeds of domesticated cattle are trained for work, and these males are castrated to keep them docile. Notebooks has been a habit of Cindy Regnier since she was old enough to hold a An ox, by definition, is any male bovine that is used for work. They will be fondly remembered for many years to come. I'm so glad Laura introduced us to Star and Bright and immortalized them in the pages of Farmer Boy. Spyro 2 Ripto's Rage (Remaster) - Olly Olly Oxen Free Trophy Guide / Achievement Guide - Defeat the Ox without taking a hit GoldThis takes place in the Lev. ![]() Additionally, broken sod, improved roads and advances in farming eventually left the oxen behind. Horses replaced oxen when the invention of a proper horse collar allowed them to use their full strength. Coach is now deceased, but Hayden told his grandmother that when he got ready to show in Fryeburg, “I looked up and said ‘This one’s for you, Coach.So if oxen were so wonderful, where did they go? Why aren’t they still doing the heavy work on farms? One theory says horse yokes pressed on the horse's windpipe limiting their ability to do hard work. Gail noted that Hayden had always admired a man named Coach, who had worked for her at the farm and always wanted Jeremi to show steers. With a circulating supply of 65 Million OXEN, Oxen is valued at a market cap of 4,940,725. This represents a 0.80 price increase in the last 24 hours and a -11.47 price decline in the past 7 days. This year, he competed at a day event in Bradford and at the North Haverhill Fair in North Haverhill, N.H., in addition to the Fryeburg Fair, which has the largest gathering of oxen in the world. The price of Oxen (OXEN) is 0.076402 today with a 24-hour trading volume of 16,251.69. “He worked with them all summer and had an outside job working for a contractor, moving pails of rocks and bricks out of a cellar, to pay for the team and his first yoke.”Ī seventh grader at RUHS, Hayden is a member of the Northern Vermont Working Steer 4-H group, based in West Fairlee. “He came with us when we got them and fell in love with them,” Gail said. Hayden’s steers are Randall steers, the only breed original to the state of Vermont and are the official Vermont state cattle. ![]() Hayden also competed in the 4-H show the last weekend of the fair and won the fitting and showmanship award, as well as the overall junior teamster award for 4-H. His grandmother, Gail, explained that she feels he won the trophy because in that class he was able to drive his cattle totally by voice, not using a stick as many others did. Hayden showed in the open class competing against adults and youth from other states, and also in the handy class for kids 9-12, where he won the first-place trophy for the second year in a row. Showing oxen runs in the family, since his grandparents raise prize-winning oxen at their farm on Beanville Road, and have won many trophies at the Fryeburg Fair, including this year, when Gail was named Herdsman of the Year. Hayden Lyford is the son of Jeremi and Sadie Lyford and grandson of Gail and Chris Billings, all of Randolph. (Herald / Tim Calabro)The only Vermont 4-H member showing working steers at the Fryeburg Fair in Maine this fall was a 12-year-old seventh grader from Randolph. Hayden scored three big wins with his team at the Fryeburg Fair in Maine. Randolph seventh-grader Hayden Billings works with his team of oxen, Justin and Morgan, at his grandparents’ home on Beanville Road. ![]()
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