A Comparison of Sheep Branding Paints. 5 



3. Sheep Branding Fluid, Oregon Wood Distilling 

 Company. 



4. Perfect Sheep Branding Fluid, Stockman's Supply 

 House, Chicago. 



5. Special Sheep Branding Fluid, Devoe & Raynolds Co. 



6. Harmless Sheep Marking Fluid, Sherwin-Williams 

 Company. 



In all twelve sheep were used, of which six were branded 

 before dipping and six after dipping. In the first lot were 

 two Rambouillets, two Cotswolds and two Shropshires. The 

 second lot, those branded after dipping, was made up entirely 

 of Rambouillets. The brand, which was a capital letter O 

 with the number of the paint directly underneath, was applied 

 with the common branding iron. Each sneep in each lot was 

 branded with six different brands in such a manner that, for 

 instance, Paint No. i appeared on the right shoulder of one 

 sheep, on the right side of the next, on the right hip of the 

 next and so on through the lot. By this method, in each lot, 

 all the paints appeared on each sheep but in a different posi- 

 tion on each sheep. Plate I helps illustrate the method. In 

 this way the brands were subjected to the same treatment and 

 a comparative test could be made. 



PLATE II. 



The above cut shows brand on sheep branded before dipping. This 

 brand had been on only four months. Plate III shows the same view of 

 this sheep a little less than two months later. 



