Hog Oiler
Rarity	7%
Category	Tools and Technology
Time to Sell	10 Mins
Value	300
Prestige	21
Placed on	Shelf,
Introduced in	v1034
Involved in tasks	Hog Heaven
Part of a collection?	No

This item can be restored. Please see Hog Oiler/Restoration

Before farmers had antibiotics, they had some crazy ways to protect their animals. Pigs would rub up against this thing and get oil on them to kill fleas and ticks.

-Expert

FactsEdit

• Fact 1: Hog oilers were used to protect farm pigs from insect-borne diseases before the advent of antibiotic drugs.
• Fact 2: Fleas and ticks are repelled and smothered by heavy oil, and mechanical oilers automated the process of applying the oil to animals.
• Fact 3: The first hog oiler was patented in 1902, but more than 150 designs followed over the next thirty years.
• Fact 4: Most hog oilers were melted down for their iron during WWII, making them rare and valuable to collectors.
• Fact 5: The ridges and spikes on a hog oiler are designed to appeal to a pig's natural scratching instinct, and often activated rolling oil applicators.