Porkers Fed by Automatic Mother (Sep, 1931)
Porkers Fed by Automatic Mother
FINDING himelf confronted with the task of providing nourishment for a litter of little porkers that had lost their mother, a Glens Falls, New York farmer rigged up an automatic mother which seemed to fill the bill quite satisfactorily. The squeals of hunger were quieted by means of a bottle and siphon arrangement, and now the little pigs suckle contentedly from a nipple, as you can see from the photo below.
Better than a wire mother, at least.
Comment by fluffy — January 19, 2010 @ 1:58 pm
That piglet looks like it was made of white burlap.
Comment by Don — January 19, 2010 @ 2:20 pm
Maybe it’s a wire piglet to comfort the keg.
Comment by Essjay — January 19, 2010 @ 10:17 pm
Farmer had to sell the mother pig fast to explain the keg to his wife…
Comment by nlpnt — January 19, 2010 @ 10:33 pm
Some pig!
Comment by Sean — January 20, 2010 @ 3:39 pm