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roots and turn the skin brown, and this is all that is 

 needed. The operation is so quickly done that the 

 colt or horse will not wince appreciably, and there is 

 no difficulty in doing the work. 



"Probably the most satisfactory plan is for each 

 man to select some letter as his own, and then brand 

 from 1 to 1,000. Thus C 101 might stand for Corsa 

 101, indicating that this was an animal bred or 

 owned by Mr. Corsa and that the identification was 

 101. The breeders who adopt this system can num- 

 ber 999 animals, without using more than 4 charac- 

 ters, and as the figures are small the animals will 

 not be disfigured. Where it is preferred, the brands 

 may be applied under the mane and will not be at all 

 noticeable. 



"I formerly used hoof brands, but since adopting 

 this system I would not depend on the other under 

 any consideration. With my present arrangement 

 I am absolutely certain at all times as to the identity 

 of any animal that I have. I might die and my 

 entire force might be swept out of existence, but 

 any stranger could step in and take the records and 

 the pedigrees and identify every Percheron that I 

 own. The individual neck brand is carried on the 

 pedigrees, on the produce cards, and in my record 

 books. It is also carried in my memorandum book, 

 so that I can at any time distinguish any animal in 

 pasture, bams or lots, and determine in a second 

 the registered name, number and breeding." 



J. P. Gammon, with approximately 100 Perche- 

 rons, says: 



"Long experience has satisfied me that there is 

 no system for identifying Percherons equal to the 

 plan of branding each one in plain figures, so that 

 each animal has its individual mark. It does not 



