The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-22
Nose Prints Of Animals
Breeders Experiment With Method to Identify Particular
Animals and Prevent Theft.

liminary stage, experiments have in
dicated that each print has individual
ity. The COWS and calves at the Uni
versity were made the subjects of
series of tests to determine whether
the pattern of muzzle changes with
time or with the process of growth,
apparently it does not change. The
pattern becomes larger but retains its
peculiar formation.
The nose print method of identifying
an animal may have practical value.
in the opinion of a local breeder. II
is barely possible that nose printing
may supplement branding for identi
Tying range cattle. Frequently these
animals stray away or are stolen, and
the brands are not difficult to change
If a ranch owner kept a set of nose
prints of his stock, he might more Ger
tainly prove ownership in case of a
dispute.
The nose print idea, however, is
suggested chiefly for valuable pedi
greed animals. Suppose you go to a
farm to select a pure bred COW for
purchase. Out of herd of fine black
| Galloways you choose a desirable ami
NAL. A few weeks later the COW is
shipped to your farm. Could you prove
that the COW you receive is, or is not,
the one that you pointed out to tbs
| owner? Probably not in the case of
this breed, for each COW is black The
owner might have no intention to ship
the wrong COW, but In large herd a
mistake could easily occur.
/ This could happen in the case of a
number of breeds of cattle-especially
1 such breeds as the Red Poll, the Jer-
/ sey, and Aberdeen-Angus, which are
! solid or marked with comparative uni
! formity. The Holstein-Friesian, with
| its notified coat, and Hereford, VITA
peculiar markings of white on face and
shoulders, present fewer difficulties
! When pure bred COW is registered
! the individual markings are drawn on
the record sheet on a printed outline
of a COW. But even when an animal
has peculiar marks supplementary
means of identification do not come
amiss.
Various attempts are made by own
ers to insure Identification. In a herd
of pure bred cows each is always kept
in special stall and in a certain pas
ture.
Some Cows
Marked by Chains.
i Jersey cows are often marked bv 2
I chain fastened around one horn with 2
number on the paddock. This method
OF Identification is said to be an ole
custom in the Island of Jersey, and il
has been adopted for this particula,
breed in this country as we'll Othe1
breeds are sometimes marked by :
metal tag fastened in one ear. Thes,
marks of ownership, however, can be
removed.
Lately pigs have been marked b,
novel method of tatooing. PhonO
graph needles are set on end in metal
SO that the points form a number
rms stencil is then dipped in a harm
less kind of paint. and the hog j,
marked by quickly imprinting the tat
TOO label in his thick skin as he RIM,
past the man with the stencil. Thi,
} method of marking hogs has beer
found valuable in cases where a herr
is exposed to disease The exnoser
hogs, differently marked, can be give,
careful examination by the inspector,
before they are allowed to go on III,
meat market.
Inc use OF the nose print, so far a,
STOCK are concerned, would be mainI,
10 facilitate Identification in buyinI
and selling. Take the instance az
: uealer who goes abroad to buy cattle