192 Sheep-Farming 



used for labels, but only the corner should be used, 

 as a large notch in a young lamb's ear becomes a 

 disfiguration later. 



The system of notching is based on the numbers 

 one, three, and nine. 



One is — one notch at base of right ear on lower 

 side. 



Two — two notches at base of right ear on lower 

 side. 



Three — one notch at tip of right ear. 



Four — one notch at base and one at tip of lower 

 side of right ear. 



Five — a combination of two and three. 



Six — two notches at tip of right ear, lower side. 



Seven — one notch at base and two at tip of 

 right ear, lower side. 



Eight — five and three combined. 



Nine — one notch in middle of lower side of 

 right ear. 



Similar marks in the left ear have a value of ten 

 each. One hundred is made by a notch in the upper 

 side of the left ear. Three hundred would be shown 

 by a notch at the tip of the upper side of the left ear. 

 Each notch in the upper side of the left ear counts 

 one hundred, and the number of hundreds is shown 

 by the same positions and combinations for units in 

 the lower side of the right ear. Correspondingly, each 

 notch in the upper side of the left ear represents one 

 thousand. 



