Animal Health Case – Part 2

This drencher forms part of a collection of objects donated to MERL by Mrs Jayne Traill. It was used by the donor’s grandfather, Joseph Bevan, who would have used it to administer medicine to livestock. The plastic tubing would be attached to a plastic container backpack holding the drenching solution. The drencher was manufactured by Coopers in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire who were famous for their ‘Sheep Dip’ medicine.

This item was originally recorded as a ‘birthing noose’. It may well have been used in animal birthing but was most likely originally designed to be a pig snare, used to capture large pigs by the snout. It forms part of a collection of objects donated to MERL by Mrs Jayne Traill. It was used by the donor’s grandfather, Joseph Bevan, who farmed at Miltons Farm on the Ascot Place Estate from 1967 to 1986.