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Show II wa th dMd en, eccordln. to Mr. Petereon. With no print, th com-panlee com-panlee will hav poaltlv proof. "Nubatltutlon 1 alaa powlbl In ta-bareuloela ta-bareuloela teatlnc" th teatln. eiiperln-tendent eiiperln-tendent continued. "In a caee where valuable animal react to th tt and I condemned, ear tax may be ewrappe! and another animal of lea. value mar b killed, whll th reactor I eaved to apraad th dlaeaj to othar animal." , J ' NOSE PITS OF -COWSVALUABLE : New Bertillon Ute Has Variety Va-riety of Merit Points .! HT PAC'U Minn., June ft -TWttllton et rlry In the purebred rnttl Indus " try, an Innovation In the Identification of the animate by "none print," le the )) latest HubjiM-t cattlemen will hvn to . tarn with the prviditi vt the nrac-' nrac-' tice nmonir llvtolt men. Kxixrlmented with l.'iet October at tt.p miU entity f irm hr by W K. Te-teisun. Te-teisun. fui rintandcnt of official tcst-" tcst-" Iiik in Minnt'soia. at ih. euirir-tlnn of " o It. lt.iKcr. of th- Amcrlcn Jcrey 'hMIm club, the nmv !ib-nilf iriitmn -.. tt-ni lift acted ns tk substitute fnr thr - iin.itlji:acttry branding methods. In ' u f"r r l Uin print. Mi. re tbiin 2o( prints have been ta k'ij nd nrt on file, ntid nt two h.tve been foil n. I nliRe. When the sukk' tlon hml reach d th rnra of inany f the Jesdlnir cut tin hred"M. It n re tarded aa a humorous bit of 1r tlk.M but Ilka the daya subsequent to th developing f the Bert III Inn system and Ita acceptance by th world generally, the paat few months has proved the efficacy of the new Identification ays-tern. ays-tern. The procedure In making the not prints la simple. The cow's head Is taken under the left arm. Us nose wlTtvdr'and Ink sppmI thereon with a soaked stamping pad. A small board to whicfi mlmengrsph paper has bean attached takes the imprint. The lower edge of the (taper Is started at the baae nf the enw'a upper lip and with slight, even pressura, rolled upward. The resultant re-sultant noee print Is a permanent record, rec-ord, aa noaea do not change with time. According to Mr. Peterson, poaltlve Identification of anlmale la necessary for aeveral reasons, Hubslltuf t'n of two scrub cows would have Utile significance, sig-nificance, ho said, but If a purebred cow should be replaced by a mediocre one. the substitution might mean thousands thou-sands of dollars. Again, If a fresh cow of similar appearance were to replace a row on official test, a serious frsud would be perpetrated. Many Insurance concerns have solicited solic-ited Information about li. .Superintendent .Superinten-dent Peterson stated, t'nder the present pres-ent arrangements, the livestock owners may Insure eight or ten anlmale and in many rases, with the dnlh of anv one animal. Insurance Is collected, regardless regard-less of whether or not the Insnred cat- |