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Show CATTLE LISTED 8Y 'NOSE PRINT' Bertilhon System Found More Satisfactory Than Branding ST. PAUL. Minn.. June I Bertll-lion Bertll-lion oxpertry In the purcrcd cattle Induslry. an Innovation In the Identification Iden-tification of the rxnlmals by "nose prints," Is the latest subjrcl. cattlemen will have to learn with th spreading of the practice among livestock men. Experimented with last October nt the university farm hero by AN'. K. Peterson, superintendent of official testing In Minnesota, at the suggestion sugges-tion of O. H. Baker, of tho American Jersey Cattle club, th new ldentltlca-tlon ldentltlca-tlon system has acted as a substitute for the unsatisfactory branding methods. meth-ods. In use for years nast. More than 2000 prints have been taken and arc on file, and not two have been found alike. When the j suggestion had reached the oars of many of tho leading cattle breeders. It was regarded as a humorous bit of j "air talk" but like the days subsequent subse-quent to the developing of the Itertll-llon Itertll-llon system and Its acceptance by tho world generally, tho past few month has proved the efficacy of the new Identification system. Tho procedure in making nose prints Is simple. The cow's head Is taken under tho left arm. Its no9e wiped and Ink applied thereon with a soaked stamping pa,d A small board to which mimeograph paper has been attached at-tached takes the imprint. The lower edK- of tho paper Is started at tho i base of the cow's upper Up and with light, even pressure, rolled upward. The resultant nose print Is a permanent perma-nent record, as noses do not change with time. According to Mr Peterson, posltlvs Identification of animals la necessary' two scrub cows would have little sig-j nlflcance. he said, but if a pure bred cow ehould be replaced by a mediocre one. the substitution might mean1 thousands of dollars. Again. If a f r sh cow of similar appearance were to replace re-place a cow on official te6t. a serious fraud would be perpetrated. Many Insurance concerns have solicited so-licited information about It, Sup-?r- lntendnt Peterson said. Undei thei present arrangement, tho livestock owners may Insure eight or ten animals ani-mals and In many oesei with tho death' of any one animal. Insurance Is col-j lected, regardless of whether or not the Insured cattle wns the dead one, according to Mr. Peterson. With nose prints, the companies will have positive posi-tive proof. "Sub?'.ltutlon Is also possible In tu-j berculosls testing." tho testing super-! Intendent continued "In a case whre a valuable animal reacts to the test and Is condemned, ear tags may be swapped and another animal of less value may be killed, while the reactor j Is saved to spread tho disease to other, animals." |