LAND BETWEEN THE MARSHES Beasts of Burden ROB BOWE CONTRIBUTOR If you grew up on a farm in the land between the marshes before the 1950s, you probably had work horses. Beasts of burden have been a part of farming in Wisconsin from the 1830s until the mid-20th century. The use of oxen in Wisconsin lasted a little over fifty years as the state was transformed from raw frontier to settled agricultural