OT...Cow Tie or What?

Brian G. NY · Jul 8, 2015

A friend of mine just got a few loads of wood for his Sap operation.
It is old lumber from a cow stable that burned many, many years ago.
Included are about 20 or so "contraptions" that were bolted to wood supports at about the distance you would normally find cow stanchions. I can only surmise they were some sort of cow tie used when milking.
The patent date looks to be 10.15.1816. There are a few part numbers but I can't find a manufacturer's name.
I know some of you guys have been farmers for years and hopefully can help me identify these.
As near as I can determine, the barn was built in the very early forties but is a replacement for a prior barn which also burned so it is possible these were salvaged from the first one.

oldsarge · Jul 8, 2015

Looks like plain ol'stanchion latches to me!Push the wooden vertical with ball end (gone)in on the cow's neck and latch it closed with the handle.to turn the cow out,flip the handle up and let the stanchion open up.(and watch the horns)

rrlund · Jul 8, 2015

Close. The stanchion had a ball at the top that went in that outfit. You unlatched it and slid it forward or back. Larger cows,you slid it forward,smaller cows,you slid it back so when they raised their tails to do their business they were close to the gutter.

Brian G. NY · Jul 8, 2015

OK......went and dragged out a piece of lumber with a couple of the devices attached.
I can see now that when complete, it has two different handles and it accepts two ball type things with holes that could maybe accept a chain or fastener of some type.
It also appears that they mount on a horizontal header of some type with possibly a divider between.
Then, each handle would accommodate it's own cow.
I'm still inclined to believe that each cow had some type of collar to which this ball type thing was affixed.
I can't envision how a stanchion could fasten to it.

Kickinbull · Jul 8, 2015

We have some.

Kickinbull · Jul 8, 2015

Not exactly sure what happened tried to post a picture we have those in our barn the stanchions hang from a ball

Brian G. NY · Jul 8, 2015

Kickinbull, please try to post pics again....I am having a tuff time envisioning the set up.

Thanks

rrlund · Jul 8, 2015

I thought I had a few in one piece,but I don't. You can see in the first picture how they mounted to the hanger. There would have been a divider bolted to either side of that hanger too,to keep the cows separated.
The second picture is a different brand,but same concept. Where you see the ball hanging down in the first picture and a bolt would have gone through the stanchion,the ball would have been bolted to the threaded bolt sticking out from the top of the stanchion in the second picture.

OT...Cow Tie or What?

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