A photograph of the 1920s shows oxen still ploughing at Bodrugan in Gorran parish, but in most places they were not much used after 1850. The manor of Tregaire was 470 acres in extent and belonged ...

Hence, farmers have been resorting to machines. However, some farmers are still ploughing with the help of oxen or bulls. Interestingly, those who own bulls are renting them out for ploughing at ...

The oxen, which have names like Bullet, Sundar (meaning “beautiful”) and Raja (meaning “king”), are no longer used for ploughing the fields but are kept strictly for the competition.