I don't have a picture, just a vague memory of my sister's. She recalls my grandmother telling her about a piece of farm equipment on her grandmother's farm when my grandmother was a little girl. She describse it like a hamster wheel, only it was run by a goat. It made a click, click sound as it ran the device and my grandmother would run around as it ran, which my sister thinks might have been a cream separator? But we can't seem to find anything online that fits the description. Does anyone know what this device was? Thank you!
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There were lots of pieces of equipment made to be powered by goats and other farm animals. A few that come to mined are: butter churns, washing machines, threshing machines, grain grinders, and rope -making winders. The animal would be led onto a raised track of sorts, and tethered forward, where the animal was encouraged to walk this treadmill, which moved the piece of equipment to turn, spin, oscillate, etc, providing animal power to run the equipment.
I found this information and hope it helps solve the mystery:
www.gograph.com/
I also found these vintage pics:
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