BRANDING CATTLE.
From Answers to Correspondents in the N. Z. Journal of Agriculture : A. H, Hunt, Dairy Flat : Where is the correct place to brand a beast (steer, &c.), and what are the beet materials to use ? The Live-stock Division : We consider the best method of marking cattle running on securely fenced country is to earmark them, as by this means the eventual deDreciation in the value of the hide clue to bodybranding is avoided. If it is deemed necessary to hide-brand cattle, it is best done on the neck, in order to avoid as much as possible the damage to the hides. Cattlo are usually branded on the rump, the reason being that (hat part i.fl'ers a convenient and good surface for branding, and that the mark in that posi'.ion can be readily detected. In our opinion the liro braud is still the . best method of hide branding.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 12 August 1920, Page 4
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149BRANDING CATTLE. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 12 August 1920, Page 4
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