I'm thinking- a mill needs a corresponding stone to grind on *snicker*. A corn de-husker would work like this thing-one would rub the corn on it as it spun and let the sharp bumps pull off the husk; perhaps to make pig or cow feed when the corn is all dried to hell so as to not risk puncturing the juicy corn capsules people like to nom on.

But no. My answer is of course, this is a Ped Egg. Before TV, QVC and CVS peddled it as an option this early version took the horns, corns and flaking, dying skin off the work worn feet of farm women everywhere (sometimes as stated above a whole village). Too poor to afford shoes? Husband kicking you out of bed for calloused scratchy feet? Embarrassed to show your feet at the watering hole? This prehistoric Ped Egg to the rescue.

"Kickstand up. Now what?"

...WHO is licking these rocks and dying of asbestos poisoning? then again. California is the only state where a lot of oil paints cause cancer. Next time you're near a Gamblin or Windsor-Newton oil paint supply (michaels, a.c. moore), check the back. On most of the highly toxic cadmiums, there's a little warning; "may cause cancer in the state of California."