Object number
60/192
Description
Drenching horn used for administering medicine to cattle and horses in liquid form. From Begbroke Farm in Begbroke, Oxfordshire.
A drenching horn was used for administering medicine to cattle and horses in liquid form. Two people were needed, one to steady the animal’s head, and the other to hold the medicine. The head was raised and the lip of the horn forced into the side of the mouth, but not so far as to produce a cough. The small end of the horn was lifted up and the contents poured down. This drenching horn originally came from Begbroke Farm in Begbroke, Oxfordshire.
Physical description
1 drenching horn: horn
Archival history
The Accession Files and MERL 'Associated information' forms for objects 60/180-60/206 give no information about the objects other than that they came from Begbroke Farm in Begbroke, Oxfordshire, and were transferred to MERL by the Department of Agriculture at the University of Oxford.
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_3496.tif - High resolution image
