Chennai India 8.17.2006 : Farmers Busy In Plowing With Oxen For Rice Cultivation. Editorial Photo

Farmers busy in plowing with oxen for rice cultivation, It is the traditional Indian style, pulling of furrow is done by using bulls. Tilling and ploughing are the same.Traditionally farmers use bullock to plough the field using animals such as bulls. It is the traditional Indian style, pulling of furrow is done by using bulls. For the tilling operations including ploughing of Land is done by farmers with bullocks and he buffalo's. for the marginal farmers, the cost of keeping oxen became high and it was difficult for them to maintain oxen on daily basis particularly on those days when labors used to take a day off. So, they sold the oxen. After that many of them using tractors and oxen both in rent, for ploughing their fields.