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Drench / Dosing bottle and Syringe for livestock

A Drench / Dosing bottle (b) and Syringe (a) for livestock used by the donor's father (Sandy Gunn) who was a shepherd.
Sandy Gunn was born in Drumdivan in 1929 and his shepherding took him all over Scotland from Argyll to Tongue. He also worked as a Ghillie at Braemar. He latterly worked as a shepherd at Achormlarie Farm, Birichen from 1960-1970 and at Skelbo from 1971 until retirement in 1989. He then became a jobbing shepherd based in Embo until 2007.

Dimensions: syringe Length 112mm - Diameter 25mm bottle Length 127mm - Diameter 38mm

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