FOR IDENTIFICATION 



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(c), which may be sealed, may be fastened about the 

 shank. This band, fastened with a rivet, is shown in 

 (rf). The fastening is done very easily with a pair 

 of pincers, as shown in Fig. 5. After being well fastened 



FIG. 5 



or sealed, such a band will last the lifetime of a fowl, 

 unless removed by cutting. All of these bands may be 

 stamped with any number or other characters desired. 

 A type of aluminum band known as an interlocking 

 band is shown in Fig. 4 (?). 



Colored celluloid bands are used for marking fowls 

 kept in large flocks. They are most useful when used 

 in connection with the metal bands and serve as a 

 means of quick identification for various large groups 



(a) 



of fowls when they are kept in big flocks; that is, all 

 the chicks hatched in one year may have a blue band; 

 those hatched the next year, a red band; the next, a 

 yellow band; and so on. In this way the age of fowls 



