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Kojonup Historical Collection > Records

Bull Harness for Marking Cows

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c. 1930 - 1980

Subcollections

Livestock - cattle

Overview

A leather harness which holds a square metal container and in the middle of the metal container is a round metal ball which rolls.

Historical information

This harness would have been strapped to the underside of a bull. Inside of the square metal container there would have been ink, which when a bull had mated with the cow would then have left a mark on the back of the cow. The harness holds a marking square which is 10cm by 10.4 cm with a ball in the middle of 2.3cm radius. By marking the cows in this manner a farmer was able to identify which cows in his herd had been 'mated' by the bull,

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cwa-org-201-2022.5.4

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Width

17 cm

Height or length

23 cm

Year

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Please contact the Shire of Kojonup for reproduction of image or for access to a higher resolution image.

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Courtesy of Shire of Kojonup.

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Harness used put on bulls to mark cows

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