Originally, it was the area that could be plowed by a team of oxen in a morning without tiring them
Granite was the dog Susan Butcher didn't want at first, the dog that 
didn't... [DOC] [TLE] The Gasmann Brothers Write Home - NAHA // Norwegian-American ... [PAR] If a person does not himself own oxen or a plow, he can get such land ... month 
plus good board during the summer, and from six to ten dollars during the winter.