Allen E. reported: > After Dr Haygarth published his results, according to Mackay, some friends > of Perkins tried the Tractors [magnets] on sheep, cows, and horses, alleging > the > animals received benefit from the metallic Tractors, but none from the > wooden ones. But apparently no one believed them, "and Perkins made his > exit from England, carrying with him about ten thousand pounds, to soothe > his declining years in the good city of Pennsylvania".
Following up on Allen's charming account, I believe I can combine at least two different threads, this one and another recent one on cow herds orienting to the magnetic pole. I speak of cow magnets. These are not, as you might think, hunky cow- pleasing bulls. They are instead magnets swallowed by cows. Apparently lots of cows do, at the behest of their farmers. Lasts for the life of the cow! See http://www.magnetsource.com/Solutions_Pages/cowmags.html Note also the reference to "Hardware Disease". If it wasn't for this informative site, I might have thought it referred to heat-packing Americans or my own addiction to big-box hardware stores. Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
