Show Cat Heated SfocK. MarK.tr. In the uso of ordinary branding Irons for marking cattle with tho owners' own-ers' private brand they becomo cool ao rapidly while In operation that It Is necessary to provldo n number of them In order that while one Is In no the othe-s may be heated. Unnecessary Un-necessary pain Is also caused by hold- MlANDlNO-lllON COMUINATION. Ing tho Iron on the flesh for n longer time as It begins to cool. To Improve thli condition of affairs a South Dakota Da-kota man has Invented the Improved branding Iron Illustrated In tho rut. It consists of it gasollna reservoir with a prcssuro tank and pump and n hollow 'branding Iron of any desired pattern. In operation gasoline or nomo other volatile liquid la placed In tho reservoir. reser-voir. Then a platinum coll Inside the perforated Iron Is heated by outside means As toon na the valves ara opened and the volatilized liquid begins to escape tho platinum Ignites It and thereafter tho gaa maintains tho proper degree of heat In tho Iron. Tho samo apparatus can be utilized by n number of ranchers by almply unscrowlng the Iron and replacing It with one of n dlf-hseut dlf-hseut pattern |