What Is It? - #30

[SifuPhil]

Fly/mosquito trap?

Is it producing 'Bug Killer Liquid'?

Fruit fly deterant / trap?

Fly trap
Oil attracts fly
fly goes on small hole then can't find entrance

I dunno

It isn't a trap.

Michael, it is not producing bug-killer liquid, but if you change one word in your reply I think you'll have it ...

 

[SeaBreeze]

Pollen collector?

 

[Phantom]

citronella dispenser

 

[Phantom]

Michael, it is not producing bug-killer liquid, but if you change one word in your reply I think you'll have it

producing insect-killer liquid LOL

 

[Anne]

Dispensing bug killer liquid??? Spraying liquid bugs???

 

[Phantom]

One more try then I give up

insecticide sprayer

 

[Michael.]

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Producing bug repellent liquid
.

 

[SifuPhil]

Pollen collector?

citronella dispenser

producing insect-killer liquid LOL

Dispensing bug killer liquid??? Spraying liquid bugs???

One more try then I give up

insecticide sprayer

.

Producing bug repellent liquid
.

I think it's time we put this puppy to bed - you're all floating around the correct answer but I think the exact function of this item might prove to be a surprise to you.

Ready?

















It's a Hog Oiler.

Hog oilers were used to provide relief from insects and soothe the skin of the hogs. In the late 1800s and early 1900s hog lice and hog cholera could prove devastating to livestock producers and the hog oiler was seen as one way to combat the problem.The oil was held in a tank and would apply itself to the skin of the hogs as the hogs rubbed up against. This one is a bit of a mystery to me as to how the oil was applied to the skin of the hog, unless the flat part (where the trademark info is) was actually round on the full-sized model.

Perhaps surprisingly there is an entire sub-culture of people that collect hog oilers, some of them bringing quite impressive prices at auction. The oilers themselves come in many, many styles, and back in the beginning of the 20th century there were a few dozen companies manufacturing these things.



I think you ALL should give yourselves a hearty round of applause for coming as close as you did to what admittedly was an extremely difficult WII.

 

[TICA]

Good one Phil and good for everyone who was on the right track!!!!

 

[Phantom]

Would never have guessed it :indecisiveness::indecisiveness:

 

[Rainee]

I nearly had it tonight awww but thats a good one I saw one of these when I visited Amish village in Lancaster... but thanks for the quiz now for another ... this is fun...

 

[Diwundrin]

Congratulations on your win Phil, you were due for one.

 

[SifuPhil]

Congratulations on your win Phil, you were due for one.

Nah, not a "win" - I see this as being fun and educational. Winning implies that others must lose, and you're the last group of people I'd want to see lose.

... or was that being way too philosophical? :moody:

It was certainly educational for me - until now I thought a "hog oiler" was slang for one of those guys in Deliverance ...

 

[SeaBreeze]

:applause2::applause2:....to all of us who played, and to Sifu for providing the interesting threads for us! Whoda thunk it???? Not me!!

 

[Diwundrin]

or was that being way too philosophical?