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NellieBelle
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 Posted - Sep 20 2015 : 03:26:47 AM
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While looking for certain screws yesterday in the basement, I came across this archaic calf weaning device from the early 1900's. My grandfather gave me this after they had moved to town. I love pieces of old and like learning the history of farm life. I will display in the parlor with other relics from milking times past. We've come a long way... |
To laugh is human but to moo is bovine. Author Unknown |
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Ron
4666 Posts
Ronnie
Peever
SD
USA
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Posted - Sep 20 2015 : 05:12:28 AM
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| Wow...looks like a hat I once owned |
With a moo moo here and a moo moo there, here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo. |
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NellieBelle
11217 Posts
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Posted - Sep 20 2015 : 05:40:22 AM
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| I would have loved to seen that Ron. :) |
To laugh is human but to moo is bovine. Author Unknown |
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NellieBelle
11217 Posts
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Posted - Sep 20 2015 : 06:43:03 AM
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Or, what they used to cut horns off with. These weigh 15lb. I don't know how they lifted them, let alone try and cut horns. |
To laugh is human but to moo is bovine. Author Unknown |
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maryjane
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Posted - Sep 20 2015 : 08:00:55 AM
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Just last night I reading about dehorning again and how they used to do it. Sounds like it required some serious brawn. Happy to know some brains (anesthesia) has now begun to enter the arena.
Janet, I can't figure out from your photo how the weaning contraption works? Is the leather still pliable? |
MaryJane Butters, author of Milk Cow Kitchen ~ striving for the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain ~ |
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NellieBelle
11217 Posts
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Posted - Sep 20 2015 : 08:14:14 AM
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It's not leather, it's metal. It fits over the calf's head, a chain is adjustable. I can't even imagine how uncomfortable and frightening this piece of equipment must have been.  |
To laugh is human but to moo is bovine. Author Unknown |
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Mike
1667 Posts
Mike
Argyle
WI
United States of America
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Posted - Sep 20 2015 : 08:44:30 AM
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Saw one once that was an old Crisco can. The guy had used his beer can opener and made a series of holes around it at the bottom. He had cut it to fit with his tin snips and used twine to put it on the calf. He said the cow would kick the calf into 'next week' and after a few days the calf got the idea that mom was off limits.
Yikes! Wish I had taken a photo of that but it was before I got a camera. |
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Mike
1667 Posts
Mike
Argyle
WI
United States of America
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Posted - Sep 20 2015 : 08:46:54 AM
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For those that don't know, a beer can opener leaves a triangular hole with a corresponding sharp triangle of steel can pointing into the can. On the Crisco can calf weaner the points were facing out, away from the calf's nose, right into mom's udder.
Never thought I'd have to explain a can opener..... |
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Mike
1667 Posts
Mike
Argyle
WI
United States of America
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Posted - Sep 20 2015 : 08:54:06 AM
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Just 'Googled' 'calf weaning devices' 'images', and found some nice archaic stuff, and modern plastic versions. There's a photo down a ways of two cows with pointy ones on....wish Ginger would put her little cowspeak bubbles on them, saying something like,
"next week I'm getting my ears pierced"....... |
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NellieBelle
11217 Posts
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Posted - Sep 20 2015 : 09:49:03 AM
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| Looks like it came from time of the gladiators. Wicked. I said to Joe, that had to have caused sores or something on the calf's head. Thank goodness they have come up with something better than that. |
To laugh is human but to moo is bovine. Author Unknown |
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Archaic Weaning device
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