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Show TO IDENTIFY DAIRY CATTLE j Difficult to Distinguish Certain Heifers From Certain Cows Few Years After Birth. I Every farmer who keeps dairy cattle cat-tle should adopt some scheme for lden-1 tlfylng his stock. It Is easy to remein-' ber the cows in a herd by their names, i-but i-but It Is quite another thing to be able to distinguish certuin heifers from cer-' tain cows, two or three years afterbirth. after-birth. If one Is In dully association, with his stock, he might be able tu j remember that one calf Is from this' cow, another from that cow, and so on, ' but If the calves are put away on pas-1 ture, the chances are that at the eiid of a year their ancestry will be forgotten, for-gotten, i With breeders of purebreds, It Is strictly essential to be able to trace' the ancestry. Registration rules spe- clfy this, and when a heifer or bull calf I Is registered, Its markings must be not-J ed on u card provided for the purpose. : i |