Cows, buffalo, sheep, goats, camels, and oxen consists of major cattle population. Animals such as horses, mules, or oxen usually pull wagons. Accompanying nearly all wagon trains was a herd of horses, cows, oxen or mules. The remaining serviceable wagons were pulled by mongrel teams of cows, oxen, and mules. The lumbering supply train consisted of 600 wagons, 8,000 oxen and 1,000 mules. The horns of oxen and buffaloes are painted in villages. It was drawn by teams of oxen, horses or mules. Oxen and horses were sometimes harnessed together. The land-holding tenants also had livestock, including sheep, pigs, cattle, horses, oxen, and poultry. This involved counting cattle, oxen and small livestock. The competing merits of oxen and mules were hotly debated among emigrants. Oxen and horses were used as draft animals. The bordars and cottars did not own their draught oxen or horses. Ashurnasirpal II boasted of killing elephants, along with wild oxen and lions. Packets were pulled by three horses, oxen, or a mixture of oxen and horses.