[AT] [External] Re: How now rusty cow

[Kent Blomgren]

My brother lost a whole herd of dairy cows (probably about 25) in the 
early 1950's  because a big whirlwind tore the metal roofing off his hay 
barn and all the nails ended up in the hay he fed to the cows.

On 2/3/2020 2:11 PM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
> Cows ingesting bits of wire or nails is usually called "hardware 
> disease" and can easily be fatal. We never used cow magnets here on 
> this farm but I always knew what they were. I haven't priced them but 
> I think back then (1940's and 1950's) they were a little $$$. I have 
> heard of some guys sticking some on their baler and at the feed throat 
> of their hammer mill.
> I don't remember off of the top of my head if any other critters are 
> prone to hardware disease. A cow's mouth and nose is not prehensile 
> enough to sort food well. Sheep, goats and horses etc. are very much 
> so and a horse's mouth is almost as suited to sorting things as an 
> elephant's trunk. Hardware disease is basically unknown in equines. A 
> horse could sort a Necco Wafer out of a stack of quarters and would 
> stand in line to do so...  :-)
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> On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 3:08 PM Gunnells, Brad R 
> <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu <mailto:brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>> wrote:
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>     I just thought magnet myself and didn’t give it a second thought
>     until Spencer mentioned it. After a quick Google search I recall
>     seeing these in my youth. I didn’t know what they were “for” other
>     than as a young boy it was just another toy laying around at
>     Grandpa’s house. 😊  Always enjoy this list as it teaches me
>     something new all the time.
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>     Brad
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>     *From: *AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>     <mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com>> on behalf of
>     Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com <mailto:spencer at rdfarms.com>>
>     *Reply-To: *Antique group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>     <mailto:at at lists.antique-tractor.com>>
>     *Date: *Monday, February 3, 2020 at 2:01 PM
>     *To: *Antique group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
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>     *Subject: *[External] Re: [AT] How now rusty cow
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>     I must admit, I had to look that one up. Had never heard of a cow
>     magnet before.
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>     Of course what I want to know is how they got a cow inside a cub
>     fuel tank.
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>     Spencer
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>     Sent from my iPhone
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>         On Feb 3, 2020, at 2:04 PM, Indiana Robinson
>         <robinson46176 at gmail.com <mailto:robinson46176 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         On most old tractor groups the discussion of problems with
>         rusty fuel tanks etc. are almost constant. In a Farmall Cub
>         group a member posted this solution and it struck me that it
>         might be worth consideration.
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>         *****
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>         "I used a cow magnet with a string eased it down in and
>         collected rust several times. then on way home from a show
>         left magnet in bottom of tank let it slosh the whole ride
>         home. when we pulled it out looked like a wooly bear
>         caterpillar, has run great ever since".
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>         Francis Robinson
>         aka "farmer"
>         Central Indiana USA
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