Dirty Cattle Cleaner

Dirty Cattle Cleaner LIVESTOCK Handling 24-5-30 Anyone who's ever had to clean caked-on manure off livestock will appreciate this idea from British farmer Thomas Priscott of Somerset, England. His Dirty Cattle Cleaner looks like a garden hoe with the blade reversed so it works from its inner edge. To use, you simply pull it over the animal's coat. The blade is slight convex and has a serrated edge which cuts through dung and matted hair. Priscott says the slightly curved blade will not damage the animal.

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