I could have used one of my dad's milking stools. Those were easier than pie to make (trust me) and extremely useful. I have made more than one in my day and could do it again. Of course, I'd have to make it about two feet higher in order to get up off it and I'd probably want to install some of that gel topper foam, too, maybe a little spring on the bottom, handles on the sides...
Dad used his stool probably 50 times a day while milking the cows. I do wonder what people did before buckets and stools came along. Rocks come to mind, but that doesn't sound portable enough and kinda dangerous as well. Dad's stool was simply one 12-inch 2x4 nailed to the middle of another one, making a T. It took some body-balancing and some caution to avoid slivers, but farmers are tough enough to work with that...and so are farmer's daughters.
It resembled this one, but the pieces were equal in dimension and more rustic.
I did on rare occasion see him pop a reluctant-to-move cow with one. She tended to become less reluctant.
Necessity being the Mother of invention, Dad was a good Mother.
It resembled this one, but the pieces were equal in dimension and more rustic.
I did on rare occasion see him pop a reluctant-to-move cow with one. She tended to become less reluctant.
Necessity being the Mother of invention, Dad was a good Mother.
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