This has been known to occur when the handle of a pitchfork or buggy whip has been pushed down a cow's throat to remove an obstruction.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
And he would revel in laying aside for good and all that anxiety as to weather which has burdened his life ever since he took scythe and pitchfork in hand.
"Two Years in Oregon"
Wallis Nash
But he became quiet only when she shoved down to him with a pitchfork provisions prepared by Kali; at night he again began to trumpet.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz