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WESTERN GRAZING GROUNDS AND FOREST RANGES 



which was fairly plain. The idea was either to paint 

 it on with a brush or daub it on with a wooden brand 

 similar to those used by the sheepmen in "paint mark- 

 ing." 



In practical use, with a corral full of calves to be 

 branded, it was a failure. The stuff, if put on thick 

 enough to penetrate the hair, ran all over the animal 

 and made a great blotch. It was easily kicked over by 

 a struggling calf and, worst of all, in the rush and hurry 



"Hog Tied" A (Horse Tied ODown for Branding or Doctoring. 



of branding time, it got into the men's eyes and made 

 much trouble. Then too the calves after being so 

 branded would crowd against one another in the pen 

 and smear the fluid all over themselves. 



No one ever tried it a second time and the hot iron 

 is still the most satisfactory method of branding range 

 animals. 



Ear and Lip Tattoo. There are several methods of 

 marking animals in the ear by means of a punch in 



