The Little Red Book

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I have been given a booklet published by William Cooper and Nephews, Agricultural Manufacturing Chemists Berkhamstead., their 1916 catalogue.
The photo of their price list makes interesting reading.

 

[Agrivator]

Does it tell you how to order on-line?

I could do with a 24lb pail of their black arsenical paste to mix with peanut butter..........................

 

[Fubar]

I love seeing these old medicine lists.
We've got a load of old medicine bottles from the 50s and 60s in our drug store. There were some weird and wonderful mixtures used in the old days.
Always gets the F A inspector excited when he sees them and he starts looking for batch numbers and expiry dates. Fortunately all the bottles are empty or he'd probably throw the book at me.

 

[som farmer]

been given a heap of sport and country magazines, from 1950/1, adverts are great reading, a lot of the firms are still trading now. One very big difference, the print in the 'stories' is smaller than now, - a sign of shortage of paper, post war ?

I love seeing these old medicine lists.
We've got a load of old medicine bottles from the 50s and 60s in our drug store. There were some weird and wonderful mixtures used in the old days.
Always gets the F A inspector excited when he sees them and he starts looking for batch numbers and expiry dates. Fortunately all the bottles are empty or he'd probably throw the book at me.

my old man swore by a drench, vetalenta, poured loads down cows throats, didn't do much good, but smelt divine ! found an old bottle back along, still smelt lovely, gave some to friend, to rub into his knees, as a laugh, rung up, asked for more, said it tasted fantastic ! Also remember 'cleansing drenches', always had to give a couple to cows, before calling the vet, always ended up calling the vet, and that drench smelt awful !

 

[Old Tip]

been given a heap of sport and country magazines, from 1950/1, adverts are great reading, a lot of the firms are still trading now. One very big difference, the print in the 'stories' is smaller than now, - a sign of shortage of paper, post war ?


my old man swore by a drench, vetalenta, poured loads down cows throats, didn't do much good, but smelt divine ! found an old bottle back along, still smelt lovely, gave some to friend, to rub into his knees, as a laugh, rung up, asked for more, said it tasted fantastic ! Also remember 'cleansing drenches', always had to give a couple to cows, before calling the vet, always ended up calling the vet, and that drench smelt awful !

Snake Oil

 

[yellowbelly]

I wonder what the withdrawal period was on some of this stuff


Our old Lincoln Flock Books always carried a few adverts (these are from around 1910 -1920)........

Snake Oil

Nah, gettaway with you - just look what Cuff's Farmer's Friend can do

.............can't think why it's still not available today

 

[som farmer]

Snake Oil

doesn't matter smelt divine
but totally agree, you still see adverts promoting alternative things, regarded by me, as snake oil, but, I haven't smelt any of them, but vetalenta, I remember the aroma, from 40 yrs ago !

 

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How to measure haystacks and preserve timber.

 

[primmiemoo]

I've given whiskey to a bullock considered to have eaten something poisonous. The instruction was to mix it 50/50 with strong black tea (cold), and add two tbsp of Epsom salts. Dose twice a day.

He lived.

 

[applejack]

Remember when I was just a young boy my Dad always said vet was call of last resort,he used to turn first to his Osmond's store cupboard. It would be Stockatrice for mastitis, Electra fluid for retained cleansing and Red Draught for bloat or colic.
Sometimes worked, sometimes didn't.

 

[yellowbelly]

I've given whiskey to a bullock considered to have eaten something poisonous.

Red Draught for bloat or colic.
Sometimes worked, sometimes didn't.

The old 'uns here had a 'colic remedy'...

half a pint of turpentine (the real stuff, not what B&Q sell for cleaning brushes)
half a pint of brown ale
1 cup of whisky
1 teaspoon of ginger

I only saw 'em use it once. It certainly worked - the next morning the stable walls looked like they been pebble dashed