I don't think they asked about the owner's markings. Humans have been known to
change their original markings over their lifetime. <G> But the names of the
owners and their farms were required, there was also a fee. By the way, many
farms had names, such as "Butternut Farm" (my grandpa's), "Sunny View
Farm"
(Great grandpa's), "Back Acres Farm" (Great uncle's - he was a little
different), etc.
I think this is where the history of registration is, but not sure:
Happy Valentines Day
Rita
"Tina S. Vickery" wrote:
Rita, were the owners recorded with the markings compiled and
recorded at
the town, county, state level?
Thanks for giving the history!
Tina
----- Original Message -----
From: "RMN" <ocontogal2000(a)yahoo.com>
To: <WIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [WIGEN-L] Cattle Brand Mark Registrations
> I am not aware of branding, at least in farm cattle. It certainly may
> have been done. But cattle in WI were marked in a number of other ways.
> Some farmers made a certain shaped "chip" along the edge of the ear of
> cows, swine and sheep. It was always on the same ear and at the same
> spot on the ear. This was early (as early as the 1770's in Brown County,
> at "La Baye") when there were not many cattle per farmer, unlike the
> large cattle ranches later on out west and south west. The color marking
> of cows and milk oxen were later drawn on the paper outline of each side
> of a calf and sent in to register that animal to the owner. There were
> no photographs then so this was used. These color spots do not change in
> shape, pattern or color (usually black, "red" or brown) during the life
> of the animal. Still later, metal ear clips with the registration
> numbers stamped on them were used. Tatoos were sometimes used on the
> inside lip and sometimes photographs, as early as the early 1900's.
>
> "Tina S. Vickery" wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Tonight, a page was shared with me. It got me to
> > thinking ... You all know that is dangerous,
> > especially given my penchant for cows <VBG> !
> >
> > but.. does the State of WI have records similar to
> > what this page presents?
> >
> > "During the 19th Century and early 20th Century, many
> > farmers let their cattle graze in unfenced areas.
> > Branding was used to identify the owners of the
> > cattle"
> >
> >
http://www.rootsweb.com/~msissaq2/cattle.html
> >
> > Tina
> >
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