Show romance in cattle brands cause of many battles between rival ranchers and with outlaws MORE THAN IN TEXAS cow thieve Us uce ngen loui method to change M mark an stolen aid kag mail many tiny strange ire a D da vi itce A are used austin aarun tex romance not unmixed se with ith tragedy might be written itten about th the cattle brands of texas and nd the southwest around arnold them have es cen tried lue many Y thrilling deeds they have b been am theme the means an of bringing swift gift retribution to a boat best of outlaws outlaw the have served as aa the basis baits for transact tlona tion involving the bale Is of nor many mil I 1 it lions of head of cattle ill I 1 the records moulds of the texas texan C little cattle R association ci aitio show how that there re re bore than 8 QUO registered brands ID this state no two mo brands are alike usually eab brand represents a arp arate are ranch ciuc h it is often the use case that st ranch much Is a much better known by the brand of its is cattle than by the name of the owner owners may change but be t the brand never eer when hernando curtis cortez conquered mexico M acir liso in 1 n the early part of the sixteenth century cont he a ranch r h upon the isthmus of tile the collie cattle here bore his brand although that waa voin nearly year ago the cattle upon that ranch today bear the tb to leal carl cortex brand origin lost loa in history th the origin of the cattle brand dates back to the dim chat do dawn of history 1 in th the days day ot of free gross grass and open range th the brand was an absolute feces alty in order arder that the owners might didenti identify their cattle tile I 1 in M the annual round upa up ral with the coming me of wire fences or this thin necessity was as largely obviated but the brand served emed still to place guilt tit upon cattle tile thieves thimi burp purpose is still I 1 served and this fact accounts largely agy for the retention of the brands by ell 11 of the imm ranchman ranchmen ranch lime men ingrate ingenious methods had are sometimes time used by mitti cattle thieves tolerate to c change h E la a exist evist ing brands upon stolen stocks most of the members of the T texas exam ron ranger or force farm are experts perta in the matter of detecting Arl teching the disguising or changing of brands the cattle bra branda da of so some reaches ranches re an am I 1 tangible intangible asset of great value these theme broad brands has have vione come to stand for honesty 1 in breeding breading honesty in we weight I 1 1 and ad honesty in dealing just no as the heraldry of Is knighthood is intoned stood for far honor houis honis for bravery and tor for noble deeds dead and accomplishment announcement tt that cattle of if a certain brand are am of for sale Is often sufficient arar act antee that no ame precautions it a against go fraud of any kind are taken every letter IN U aed and in the record of brands brand omy letter of the alphabet Is represented and moat meet letters are found in three or four positions am aa exception la in 0 0 which bos ban but one shape in any poni paid tion and therefore can be used only once an true there i 1 the 0 flattened at the sides aides but it t t Is ta then called washed 0 0 a link or goose g egg 0 N I 1 is another letter that Is 1 out not BUS us of many positions tor for hurt horl mentally zon tally it Is A 1 I 1 Is another letter with w ith a limited I 1 red use it Is seldom won seen except a in ll 11 combination with sith other e peters t char characters and Is usually called a bar C and it are ex examples amples of letters lettera that or are used ad in f four positions position for example an ordinary q K hakea it one a position turn it to an angle of 45 degrees and ad you have the tumbling K on cal its back horizontally the lazy K and reversed a fourth position the e are lazy and ad tumbling brands brand I 1 in I 1 all letters etter except 0 and 1 I but when ahen the cattle business be mines comes general and instead of ranches there are thousands new man brands must meet be deriedl the seeker tor far a broad brand naturally gets an insignia hodin iQ diff different met fr from that of other ranchman ranchmen ranch men al else methe the brand would aid tall fall or of it ita pur pm pose so lin in the latter dels the letters as were 0 md all 11 taken cheneo iday fol foi indin id 1 and unique brands brand has he led ed to ivian niana a true bilque device many 1 navel I 1 in for example D x slept there here la Is the spur ranch t the he tuck track r ranch 1 the tumbling K X of the levy X U evert 11 reach ranch ting he its ita principal brand anil it some same hae many others other R ranch arm own era arm who ito trade extensively aind ell and ad are am comit constantly antly al quiring call cattle Is with ill differ if ent cut brands brand have a numb number rf of insignias on an ree record r d often ofte the r ranchman ranchmen ranch ban men bons eons and d fin u ah kaitera em auve he 1 1 the r an special clot brands and ad the do dedication d ic t I 1 or of a new how brand Is I 1 not at an unusual imm form of at vide cele a birth on an the range A among 9 the peculiar brands brand 1 Is a pig pi I 1 ahlem me means it a square with ith it he stilts extending to form farm me exter exterior erter tor lor a angles g I 1 so C crescents r are am common only one so has a hatchet for a broad brand A how bow anil and arrow gives a name to I 1 one I 1 big 1 lexas as ranch L I 1 J klauer kambe it alln M reach ranch had a ath crutch on mi the hip and a coffee pot on the side aide the coffee pot design ts to not net on intricate a fis one might imagine consisting of only eight lines win gladsea are not uncommon as ai a brand and the J W friend cattle company in Crat crotchett chett county had a gourd A rocking racking chair Is the brand of the H B opp ranch in sutton and nd menard coun counties tic lre lee brothers had tor for the their r brand the graceful fleur its de its if anchors are em common but only on john W franks ranch tn in the osage onge rome reservation matlon boasts boalts of the swastika A hash kid f r a 0 hot hat the masonic hihi square a key a t turkey track a bell crossed u walking bill sticks its an hour glass a tree ie a boot beat a clipper slipper a flag an apple a flo flower ladd ladders s rak rahea as spades a fr fence a a doll baby a cotton hook a fishhook a bottle bridle bits a frying fring pon pan a pitchfork I 1 and even a comet may be seen among a the long list of brund brands A simple I 1 indicates rid leates that the ranch much a owner 1 11 aa a druggist dart galt before been an ing rolawn a cattleman I 1 hearts diamonds and clubs are a re found among the records record of brands but ties the spades are those of at agricultural I 1 design the tendency to toward handles brands Brand branding liml I 1 a entile 10 to t low lose in ID weicht and the larger large the brand the greater the buffering of the cattle and the greater the losa ion of weight so a the old time custom ot of great bra brandy it covering the whole aide aid of a cow IN I 1 passing away assay bides are an more val able today also and the big brand injure the leather the modest easiest brands to rend read are those made with the stamp iron iran that la in en an iron iran forged into the figure or cliame charae ter desired sometimes Some timea the cowboy be an encounter counter a maverick tick far from head quarters and in the industry exigency of the occasion an iron iran rod it la Is labeled libeled and a running brand Is executed |