Gita-nagari's Ox-Power Unit - 1987 - scan it all

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was said:

 

> Most unfortunately, that was all back in typewriter

> days -- so I can't download

> it to this conference. Maybe that could be a

> project for me -- to re-type it

> to

> disk, and to scan the drawings. Come to think of

> it -- maybe I could get my

> son Ashto to do it for a "community service" project

> which he needs to complete

> before he can graduate from high school

 

Why not scan it all, which would save time. There are

programs that would scan it and then allow access to

the writing and pictures so that they can be changed

and manipulated.

 

Mark.

 

 

 

 

 

--- "Noma T. Petroff" <npetroff (AT) bowdoin (DOT) edu> wrote:

> New Talavan wrote:

>

> > -

> > Syamasundara (das) (Bhaktivedanta Manor -

> UK) <Syamasundara (AT) pamho (DOT) net>

> > mark chatburn <markjon11 >; New

> Talavan <talavan (AT) fnbop (DOT) com>;

> > Cow (Protection and related issues)

> <Cow (AT) pamho (DOT) net>

> > Tuesday, March 27, 2001 3:34 PM

> > Protection Farms - modeling a better

> system than the slaughter of

> > billions of animals.

> >

> > Comment:

> > Do you have plans that you could send of an

> ox-powered grain mill or contact

> > with someone that does?

> >

> > Taraka Prabhu does someone in Gita Nagari still

> have the plans for the

> > ox-powered sawmill?

>

> Rohita Prabhu, under Paramananda's supervision in

> 1987, I put together a 25

> page booklet on Gita-nagari's ox-powered saw mill,

> complete with 20 pen and ink

> drawings by Sarva-Siddhi Ratha. I still have a few

> copies.

>

> Most unfortunately, that was all back in typewriter

> days -- so I can't download

> it to this conference. Maybe that could be a

> project for me -- to re-type it

> to

> disk, and to scan the drawings. Come to think of

> it -- maybe I could get my

> son Ashto to do it for a "community service" project

> which he needs to complete

> before he can graduate from high school.

>

> Possibly we could post it on the ISCOWP website in

> the Resource section. Chaya

> and Balabhadra Prabhus -- do you think that would be

> a possibility?

>

> Another note on this whole topic is that in the

> early 1990's, Lagudi and Acarya

> (?) prabhus put together their own version for

> Australia's New Govardhan Farm.

> I believe they had it set up for irrigation. In the

> historical American

> versions of an ox-power or horse-power sweep unit,

> one person stands in the

> center and prompts the draft animals with a stick or

> lash, since they are all

> trained by voice command. This was the plan used at

> Gita-nagari, since they

> were

> modeling their unit after an Amish horse power unit

> in Kentucky.

> Unfortunately

> for the Australian version, Lagudi's animals were

> not trained with voice

> command, they just had nose rings. Therefore, in

> addition to pulling the

> sweep,

> the oxen also had to pull a little cart with the ox

> driver in it, so he could

> guide them by pulling the reins to their noses. In

> the photos, it looked

> somewhat awkward.

>

> I heard that people thought that Gita-nagari's

> gearing system could have been

> improved -- but at least if we could put the plans

> on the ISCOWP website,

> animal

> traction technicians could begin to suggest

> improvements. Probably we could

> get

> a lot of feedback from the members of Christian

> Schlekert's Animal Traction

> Network.

>

> your servant,

>

> Hare Krsna dasi

>

>

> >

> >

> > Does anyone have plans for a gear system that

> could operate a water well?

> >

> > One devotee here tells me that in rural Brazil

> they have ox-powered baler

> > and hayforks for the big round bales of hay

> (15,000 pound).

>

> --

> Noma Petroff

> Academic Department Coordinator

> BOWDOIN COLLEGE

> Department of Theater & Dance

> 9100 College Station

> Brunswick ME 04011-8491

>

> Phone: (207) 725-3663

> FAX: (207) 725-3372

> e-mail: npetroff (AT) bowdoin (DOT) edu

>

>

 

 

 

 

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Yes, scan and then it can be modified easily. This is something which will

remove a hugh burden from from me. There are so many oxen here just at their

peak and because there is no engagement they get into trouble.

ys, Rohita dasa

-

mark chatburn <markjon11 >

Noma T. Petroff <npetroff (AT) bowdoin (DOT) edu>; Cow (Protection and related

issues) <Cow (AT) pamho (DOT) net>

Friday, March 30, 2001 4:10 AM

Gita-nagari's Ox-Power Unit - 1987 - scan it all

 

 

> was said:

>

> > Most unfortunately, that was all back in typewriter

> > days -- so I can't download

> > it to this conference. Maybe that could be a

> > project for me -- to re-type it

> > to

> > disk, and to scan the drawings. Come to think of

> > it -- maybe I could get my

> > son Ashto to do it for a "community service" project

> > which he needs to complete

> > before he can graduate from high school

>

> Why not scan it all, which would save time. There are

> programs that would scan it and then allow access to

> the writing and pictures so that they can be changed

> and manipulated.

>

> Mark.