<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I was very aware of hardware disease and the magnets when I was a kid (early 50s on)---but enjoyed your additional info, Farmer!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 4:12 PM Indiana Robinson <<a href="mailto:robinson46176@gmail.com">robinson46176@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>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.</div><div>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... :-)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>.<br><h3><span><br></span></h3></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 3:08 PM Gunnells, Brad R <<a href="mailto:brad-gunnells@uiowa.edu" target="_blank">brad-gunnells@uiowa.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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😊</span> Always enjoy this list as it teaches me something new all the time.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>Reply-To: </b>Antique group <<a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, February 3, 2020 at 2:01 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Antique group <<a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[External] Re: [AT] How now rusty cow<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I must admit, I had to look that one up. Had never heard of a cow magnet before.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Of course what I want to know is how they got a cow inside a cub fuel tank.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"<span> 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".</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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