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<p>The cow magnet is properly known as a rumen magnet. I kept one
below the filter in the hydraulic filter housing on an IH Farmall
686. It would always be covered in a fine metallic fuzz.
Happily, there was never anything larger stuck to it.</p>
<p>Bill Bruer<br>
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<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
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<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>
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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 toy laying around at
Grandpa’s house. <span style="font-family:"Apple
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😊</span> Always enjoy this list as it teaches me
something new all the time.</p>
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<b>Date: </b>Monday, February 3, 2020 at 2:01 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Antique group <<a
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<b>Subject: </b>[External] Re: [AT] How now rusty
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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.</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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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<p class="MsoNormal">"<span
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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".</span></p>
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