Posted on 01/13/2018 2:06:03 PM PST by heterosupremacist
According to a 1973 Sesame Street calendar, Rubber Duckie’s Birthday is January 13 so around the country it’s National Rubber Ducky Day! A friend of Ernie and Big Bird, Duckie made his debut in a February 1970.
The rubber ducky (also spelled duckie) has come a long way from his first concept as a chew toy for children. While the origin of the first rubber ducky is uncertain, many rubber molded toys from dolls to those in various animal shapes came about when rubber manufacturing developed in the late 1800s.
During World Wars I and II, rubber was a valuable commodity which was rationed, and by the 1940s with the advent of plastic, the rubber ducky began being produced in vinyl and plastic.
The earliest patent for a rubber duck toy was patented in 1928 by Landon Smart Lawrence. His design was for a bath toy which was weighted and when tipped would return to its upright position. The sketch included with the patent was that of a duck...
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Remember when you didn’t know that Bert and Ernie were flamers? Rubber ducky you’re the one.....
I recently learned a new use for Rubber Duckies...
When weaning a young heifer calf from the milk bottle it is difficult to get them to switch to drink milk from a bucket. If you bottle feed it takes forever, especially if you are tending 50 to 60 calves.
By throwing a rubber duckie in the milk bucket, the young calf nudges it with her nose out of curiosity, and ends up tasting and drinking the milk in the bucket. It accelerates the process immensely.
Every dairy farmer needs to keep a supply of rubber duckies on hand.
Just another use for rubber duckies.
“By throwing a rubber duckie in the milk bucket, the young calf nudges it with her nose out of curiosity, and ends up tasting and drinking the milk in the bucket. It accelerates the process immensely.”
Brilliant! I admire the Dairy Farmers that I know personally for their ingenuity when faced with finding a better way to do things...
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