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are to be produced, the tip may be removed for about 

 three-quarters of an inch from the left or right ear for 

 three or thirty, and if a five notch is to be used in either 

 ear it may be cut in the middle of the cut edge. It is 

 next to impossible to see the number at the base of the 

 ear when the animal has long hair about that part, so 

 that it is frequently necessary to feel for this notch, which 

 is a great trouble in some cases. (See Fig. 40.) 



