Implement of Bovine Juvenile Lactation Deprivation...

[Subterranean]

AKA...Calf weaning device, patented by F. D. Kees Mfg. Co. in June of 1918. Poor little suckers had this snapped to their nostrils to poke them in their mouth when they tried to nurse off of mama cow...OUCH! Found this today on a long gone 1900's era farm site. Happy hunting to all! Sub

 

[vpnavy]

Great find. Dang - talk about animal cruelty! Thanks for sharing...

 

[yaxthri]

Oh my, really, what an "inspired" invention!!

 

[Off n On]

Great (if not morbid) info I would have said something from an old tractor - lol

 

[jewelerguy]

that one actually looks pretty mild compared to some. some have spikes and look pretty medieval

 

[dig kzoo]

Cool!

 

[CoilyGirl]

This is why I love cows,they sacrifice so much for us unwillingly so we can have steak and milkshakes. I never knew such an invention existed. This is one reason I love metal detecting, because you get to research ordinary objects and learn in the process. Nice find.

 

[Subterranean]

Thanks for the compliments guys and ladies. In further researching this device, I learned that the little metal points were facing away from the calf's nose, so as to poke mama cow in the udder and make her shy away from the calf. This one is tame, as jewelerguy said, compared to the macabre spiked models of an earlier age. Happy Hunting, Sub

 

[BigWaveDave]

awesome find.

 

[Man o' War]

I love Steak.

 

[ModernMiner]

Awesome find.
That's the same thing my wife stuck on my nose after we got married 33 years ago.
Neat post,
MM

 

[voodoo]

unique find and nice ID. Did you try it on? JK