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CIRCULAR 8 2, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



When stray animals from adjoining herds pass through the chute, 

 fawns are marked to their owner on the basis of 50 per cent of the 

 stray does handled. Owners of strays do not, however, share in any 

 unmarked yearlings — these are marked and assigned only to recog- 

 nized owners in the herd. 



This assignment of strays has now become a general practice in 

 most sections of the Territory. Usually the fawn crop averages more 

 than 50 per cent, but the margin of difference accruing to the herd 

 is considered as the payment by the owner of strays for the herding 

 and handling of his animals. 



In inaugurating the percentage-marking system, owners should 

 first agree on a definite procedure. They should record on paper a 

 list of all transfers to be made in settlement of debts, payment of 

 herding, or exchanges between owners, in order that the tally man 

 may make proper account and correctly instruct the markers. It 

 should also be determined, in certain cases, to what owners the un- 

 marked yearlings shall be distributed, and in what proportion. Con- 



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Figure 2. — Sample tally sheet for use in percentage marking of reindeer as they 



pass through the chute 



troversies regarding ownership and payment of herding expenses 

 should be settled and the final agreement written down for the guid- 

 ance of the tally man. 



Tally sheets should then be prepared, listing the large and small 

 owners and indicating the approximate number owned by each, so 

 far as known. Columns on the tally sheets provide for recording 

 adult reindeer — ^bucks, does, and steers; yearlings — ^males and fe- 

 males; and fawns — males and females. As each animal passes 

 through the chute its ownership is noted, and it is recorded by a 

 check mark on the sheet in the proper column opposite the name of 

 the owner. Greater space should be allowed on the tally sheet for the 

 record of the large owners, and large and small owners should be 

 grouped separately. (Fig. 2.) 



As unmarked fawns or yearlings appear through the chute the tally 

 man shouts out to w^hom each shall be marked, and the animal is so 

 recorded. To determine what distribution shall be made he con- 

 stantly watches his score sheets and assigns ownership of unmarked 

 animals in proportion to the number of does handled. 



