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May 27, 1896
The Advocate
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
What is this article about?
A farmer in Madison County, Kentucky, invents and patents a machine resembling a covered passageway with a glass dome trap and brushes to remove flies from cattle, offering the animals relief and comfort as they learn to use it.
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Catching Flies Off of Cattle.
A machine for catching flies off the backs of cattle, and so affording the animals relief and comfort, has been invented by a farmer in Madison county, Ky. The fly catcher is a kind of covered pen or passageway, through which the animal must walk to secure relief. A few feet from the entrance there is a cupola or dome in the roof of the passageway, made of glass and arranged as a fly trap. Beyond this the passage is darkness. The animal walks through the machine, and just as it passes under the dome and enters the darkest part a set of brushes sweep off the flies, which naturally rise into the lighted dome, and the steer passes out at the other side free of flies. The flies are retained in the dome trap. The inventor has experimented with his machine, and finds that the animals soon learn the value of the machine and know enough to walk through the machine when the flies begin to bite. The device has been patented.
A machine for catching flies off the backs of cattle, and so affording the animals relief and comfort, has been invented by a farmer in Madison county, Ky. The fly catcher is a kind of covered pen or passageway, through which the animal must walk to secure relief. A few feet from the entrance there is a cupola or dome in the roof of the passageway, made of glass and arranged as a fly trap. Beyond this the passage is darkness. The animal walks through the machine, and just as it passes under the dome and enters the darkest part a set of brushes sweep off the flies, which naturally rise into the lighted dome, and the steer passes out at the other side free of flies. The flies are retained in the dome trap. The inventor has experimented with his machine, and finds that the animals soon learn the value of the machine and know enough to walk through the machine when the flies begin to bite. The device has been patented.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Nature
Recovery
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Fly Catcher
Cattle Machine
Invention
Madison County
Patented Device
Where did it happen?
Madison County, Ky.
Story Details
Location
Madison County, Ky.
Story Details
A farmer invents a covered passageway machine with a glass dome fly trap and brushes that sweep flies off cattle as they walk through, providing relief; animals learn to use it; device patented.