title: Calf Weaner. creator: Evans, Thomas W. contributor: Jones, F. E. contributor: Teal, T. H. contributor: Norris Peters Co. publisher: United States. Patent Office. date: 1885-06-16 language: English description: Patent for a new and improved calf weaner. This design consists in "a strap, ring, or belt surrounding the muzzle of the calf or other animal, and attached permanently by means of head-stall straps or other suitable-devices, the muzzle-ring being provided with radiating blunt-pointed wires of suitable length, whereby the calf is prevented from reaching the teat, and the mother, being irritated or titillated by the projecting wires, repulses the attempts of the animal to suckle" (lines 18-27). subject: Inventions subject: Science and Technology subject: calves subject: weaning coverage: United States - Texas - Hamilton County - Evergreen rights: Public Domain type: Patent format: [2], : ill. ; 23 cm. format: Text identifier: pat-no: 320056 identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu./ark:/67531/metapth170994/ identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth170994