A Very Strange Find
This is a very strange find...my girlfriends father used to live on a farm when he was younger. It was a fairly large farm in Wooster, OH with cows, chickens, goats, and many other animals. They just recently sold their farm, and while cleaning things out of the house, barn, etc. to prepare for the moving sale, this is one of the very interesting items that was found. It is a early surge type bucket cow milker. I haven't pin pointed the year on the particular model yet, but they were used mainly between 1922 and 1950. This one is in excellent condition, and was used quite often on the farm to milk cows everyday.
Basically, the device was placed on the udders of the cow, and then hung by a leather strap or rope around the cows mid section and milk was pumped through the hose and into the bucket. It was either pumped by hand, or by a foot pump. Here is an early illustration of how it would have worked:
Well, that's all for this strange find...I have plenty more new items to post, so stay tuned! Until then, HAPPY TREASURE HUNTING!
Basically, the device was placed on the udders of the cow, and then hung by a leather strap or rope around the cows mid section and milk was pumped through the hose and into the bucket. It was either pumped by hand, or by a foot pump. Here is an early illustration of how it would have worked:
Well, that's all for this strange find...I have plenty more new items to post, so stay tuned! Until then, HAPPY TREASURE HUNTING!
Labels: Antique, Cow Milker
Yep, that's a Polaroid One Step Land Camera. It also came with an ITT Magic Flash, a Polaroid Camera Case, and all of the original books and manuals for the camera and flash. Unlike most newer polaroids, this cameras flash is external and runs off of 4 AA batteries instead of running off of the battery built into the film tray. It was in very good condition, everything works, and I only paid $0.10 for the whole thing! Yes 10 CENTS, that's it!