 | United States. Dept. of State - 1885 - 902 pages
...women and dogs, hitched together, do more hauling than the railroads and all other vehicles added. Hundreds of small wagons can be seen every day on all the roads leading to Dresden with a dog, as " near horse," harnessed, while the "off horse" is a woman, with her left hand... | |
 | United States dept. of state - 1885 - 934 pages
...women and dogs, hitched together, do more hauling than the railroads and all other vehicles added. Hundreds of small wagons can be seen every day on all the roads leading to Dresden with a dog, as "near horse," harnessed, while the "off hoise" is a woman, with her left hand... | |
 | California. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1888 - 342 pages
...of California. Consul Mason, of Dresden, in the volume entitled " Labor in Europe," page 16, writes: An important factor in the labor of Germany is not...having a dog for the "near horse" harnessed, while the "oil horse" is a woman, with her left hand grasping the wagon tongue to give it direction, and the... | |
 | Fruit-culture - 1888 - 128 pages
...of California. Consul Mason of Dresden, in the volume entitled " Labor in Europe," page 16, writes: An important factor in the labor of Germany is not...a dog for the " near horse " harnessed, while the " offhorse " is a woman, with her left hand grasping the wagon tongue to give it direction, and the... | |
 | California. State Board of Horticulture - Fruit-culture - 1888 - 344 pages
...of California. Consul Mason, of Dresden, in the volume entitled " Labor in Europe," page 16, writes: An important factor in the labor of Germany is not...having a dog for the "near horse" harnessed, while the "oil" horse" is a woman, with her left hand grasping the wagon tongue to give it direction, and the... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1897 - 504 pages
...conveyance put together. Hundreds of small wagons can be seen any day in the year throughout Saxony on all the roads, leading to and from Dresden, each having a dog on the near side harnessed instead of a horse, while instead of the off-horse, a woman trudges uncomplainingly... | |
 | California, California. Legislature - 1888 - 1152 pages
...of California. Consul Mason, of Dresden, in the volume entitled " Labor in Europe," page 16, writes: An important factor in the labor of Germany is not...having a dog for the ''near horse" harnessed, while the "on horse" is a woman, with her left hand grasping the wagon tongue to give it direction, and the right... | |
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An important factor in the labor of Germany is not inquired of in the circular, viz.: the labor of dogs. I have heard it estimated that women and dogs harnessed together do more hauling than the railroads and all other modes of conveyance of goods united.... 