Farming
Knickers the Giant Cow
That's one big cow!Though, technically, he's a steer, not a cow. And yeah, he looks bigger when seen alongside cattle who are relatively small.
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Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 05, 2019 -
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Category: Farming, Cows
Chicken Diapers
Julie Baker, owner of Pampered Poultry, is cashing in on the recent fad for keeping chickens as pets. She's selling 500 to 1000 "chicken diapers" every month, for $18 a piece. More info at The Outline:
(Thanks to Gerald Sacks for the link!)
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 10, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Fashion, Excrement
Cowvertising
$500 a year to put your ad on the side of a cow.
Twin Falls Times-News - Apr 8, 1984
Detroit Free Press - Apr 13, 1984
Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 20, 2018 -
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Category: Advertising, Farming, Cows, 1980s
Munch Meter
An invention that measures how much a cow has eaten by recording the motion of its head while it eats.
Hartford Courant - Sep 14, 1972
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 18, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Inventions, 1970s
Soil My Undies Challenge
The California Farmers Guild is challenging farmers to soil their undies. More info: farmersguild.orgAnd Scottish farmers are also taking up the challenge. (telegraph.co.uk)
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 05, 2017 -
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Category: Farming, Underwear
Artist Lays Egg
Poincheval hatching eggs
Chuck mentioned a few weeks ago that French performance artist Abraham Poincheval would soon be sitting on a dozen eggs until they hatch. He's now well into the process of doing that and has hatched nine eggs already.
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Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 22, 2017 -
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Category: Publicity Stunts, Performance Art, Farming, Eggs
Chicken Shaming
I hadn't realized that chickens were capable of deviant behavior of this kind. I mean, an entire mouse? Chickens eat mice?More at Chicken Hugs.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 01, 2017 -
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Category: Animals, Farming
Chicken’s Symphony
Not bad, for a chicken.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 11, 2017 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Music
Manure Spreader Weather Vane
Some years ago, Bernard Hanson of Wrenshall, Minnesota turned an old horse-drawn manure spreader into a giant weather vane. I guess, because, why not.He says, "It takes only a slight gust of wind to spin the spreader around so it faces into the wind."
I was curious whether the manure spreader weather vane could be seen on Google Street View, but where Hanson lives is so out-of-the-way that the Google Car hasn't got there yet. Though there is a satellite view.
via Farm Show
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 19, 2016 -
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Category: Farming
Cattle Delivery Via Motorcycle
I really wish this practice had caught on, for I would be delighted to be driving down a highway and see such a sight.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 28, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Inventions, 1920s, Motorcycles
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