A New or Improved Identity Ear Mark or Tally for Cattle and other Animals.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 20th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 25th Jan., 1887..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Identity Ear Mark or Tally for Cattle and
other Animals.
We, FRED WALKER LAMBERT of Great Hampton Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, Manager of Works and FINLAY CAMPBELL of Catthorpe near
Rugby in the County of Leicester, Farm Steward, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has for its object the production of a stud tally or mark upon which
the pedigree or genealogical relationship of an animal is recorded; that is, it is
desirable to record or register by number or otherwise, the exact relationship of an
animal to its ancestors, without any possibility of the said record being removed.
The means thus employed consist essentially of a stud having a crescent or new moon
shaped back, with a circular or other shaped front, separated from the back by a neck
or shank of about the thickness of an animal's ear, or that part through which the mark
is to be secured; that is, the back consists of a convex and concave edge, the latter of
which forms a semi circular gap, leaving points at the junction of the concave with the
convex parts. These points at the entrance to the gap are slightly out of the plane of
each other, that is, the point on one side is a little lower than the point on the other
side, so as to give the said back a slight twist or pitch somewhat after the manner of a
slow threaded worm.
The front consists simply of a disc connected to the back by a stem or neck, which is
concentrically disposed to both back and front.
In securing the mark an animal's ear is slit crosswise, to about the length of the
distance of metal across or between the inside edge of the gapped part and the outside
edge of the concaved part. The slit thus formed within the ear of the animal, has a
small piercing about the middle, and it is through this piercing that one of the
crescent points is first introduced when by the rotation of the mark, the crescent back

page_text: is passed or wormed through the slit and piercing, with the neck passing through the
ear, with the back on one side and the front on the other side. On the slit becoming
healed up, it is then impossible for the mark or tally to be removed, other than by
ripping the ear which would indicate that the animal had been tampered with.
The tally thus used, has recorded upon it a number or mark which refers to a
register of the strain or lineage of the animal, which is kept in a stock book under the
charge of the herdsman. By these means the genealogical descent of the animal is
registered.
The mark or tally is preferably made of metal or vulcanite but other suitable
substances may be used with like effect.

page_text: A New or Improved Identity Ear Mark or Tally for Cattle and
other Animals..
We, FRED WALKER LAMBERT of Great Hampton Street Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Manager of Works and FINLAY CAMPBELL of Catthorpe near Rugby in
the County of Leicester, Farm Steward, do hereby declare the nature of this invention.
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Our invention has for its object the production of a stud, tally or mark upon which
the pedigree or genealogical relationship of an animal is recorded; that is, it is,
desirable to record or register by number or otherwise, the exact relationship of an
animal to its ancestors, without any possibility of the said record being removed.
The means thus employed, consist essentially of a stud, having a crescent or new
moon shaped back, with a circular or other shaped front, separated from the back by a
neck or shank of about the thickness of an animals ear, or that part through which the
mark is to be secured; that is, the back consists of a convex and concave edge, the
latter of which forms a semi-circular gap, leaving points at the junction of the concave
with the convex parts. These points at the entrance to the gap are slightly out of the
plane of each other; that is, the point on one side is a little lower than the point on
the other side, so as to give the said back a slight twist or pitch, somewhat after, the.
manner of a slow threaded worm.
The front consists simply of a disc, connected to the back by a stem or neck, which
is concentrically disposed to both back and front.
In securing the mark, an animal's ear is slit crosswise, to about the length of the
distance of metal across or between the inside edge of the gapped part, and the outside
edge of the concaved part. The slit, thus formed within the ear of the animal, has a
small piercing about the middle, and it is through this piercing that one of the crescent
points is first introduced, when by the rotation of the mark, the crescent back is passed
or wormed through the slit and piercing, with the neck passing through the ear, with
the back one side and the front on the other side. On the slit becoming healed up, it
is then impossible for the mark or tally to be removed, other than by ripping the ear,
which would indicate that the animal had been tampered with.
The tally thus used, has recorded upon it a number or inark, which refers to a
register of the strain or lineage of the animal which is kept in a stock book under the
charge of the herdsman. By this means, the genealogical descent of the animal is
registered.
The mark or tally is preferably made of metal or vulcanite, but other suitable
substances may be used with like effect.
We will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the
manner in which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation (upon an enlarged scale) a one part ear mark
for cattle, and made according to our invention, and upon the front or upper side of
which, numbers and dates are enscribed, indicative of the strain and relationship of
the beast, in whose ear it is secured, and which numbers and dates are recorded in the

page_text: herdsman's pedigree book. Figure 2 represents a back elevation of the same, and
figure 3 is a side elevation. Figure 4 shows the mark in the ear of an animal.
Figure 5 is a modification and figure 6 is an edge view of figure 5.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of
the Drawing.
a is the front of the mark, having the figures 100 impressed or stamped therein or
thereon, and which denotes, or is indicative of the strain, pedigree or the like, of a
particular beast or animal, while under this number, the date of the animal's birth is or
may be recorded.
b is the back of the stud, having a semi-circular or concave gap 62, made within one
side, and which said back part is separated from the front part, by a neck or shank c,
of a length about equal to the thickness of an animal's ear, or that part through which
the mark is to pass and be secured.
By forming a gap in the side of the back b, points 63 63 are formed at the junction
of the concave, with the convex cut out parts. These points may lie in the samo plane
as represented; or one of them may be at a lower plane than the other, so as to give a
slight pitch, after the manner of a slow threaded screw.
In securing a mark, an animal's ear is slit longitudinally, to about the distance
between the inside edge of the gapped part, and the convex side opposite to it.
One of the points at the junction of the gapped part is then introduced into, or
through the slit, and the mark rotated, which causes the crescent shaped back to be
twisted or passed therethrough, with the neck resting crosswise, through the ear, and
with the front on one side, and the back on the other.
"In figure 6 the back b is partially pierced with a slit & running from the circum-
ference to about the diameter, and with one of the outer split or divided parts lying at
a little lower plane than the other, as best seen in the edge view at figure 6.
After the mark has been secured to an ear, the edges of the slit parts are pressed
back, so as to lie in the same plane, and prevent the mark from being again withdrawn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :-
First. An ear mark for cattle, made in one piece, consisting of a front a, stem c,
gapped back with inserting points: 63, which may be in the same plane, or in
different planes, substantially as and for the purpose herein described and set forth.
Secondly. A cattle car mark, consisting of a front a and stem c, with partially
pierced back b 62, with the slit or open parts disposed at slightly different planes,
substantially as and for the purpose herein described and set forth.
FRED WALKER LAMBERT.
FINLAY CAMPBELL.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicants.