Looking on its left hip is a good place to start, or ear tag. Some tattoo the inside of the bottom lip, but this has never really caught on. The county seat might have a listing of ownership of a given brand each state is different, in so much, some you only have to buy once in the state others every county.
XIT, 6666, flying M . rocking chair. -BQ. these are only a few and way to much fun to continue. A brand is a mark that says this is mine leave it alone. For the purpose of claiming whats yours. up till not to long ago you could still get hung for stealing horses and cows in the state of Texas.
W. H. Jackson has written: 'The Texas stock directory, or Book of marks and brands' -- subject(s): Cattle brands
All regions of Texas are good regions for cattle ranching, some more than others, like Central and Southeast Texas.
The Texas cattle industry had its origins from the Spanish culture in raising cattle and ranching. However, some practices of cattle ranching may have come from African cultures since many of the men who were involved in ranching and acting as cattle hands in many ranches in and around Texas were of African-American origin or descent.
Some famous cattle trails in Texas were:Goodnight-Loving TrailGreat Western TrailChisholm TrailSedalia (Shawnee) Trail
Texas has the most Sheep and Texas has the most cattle by far.
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Cowboys.........
Cattle was first brought to Texas by explorers from Spain or the Spanish.
There does not appear to be any real estimate of how many cattle were in Texas in 1834. However, there were 5,000 cattle exported from Texas in that year.
Some economic ($) industries are: CATTLE COTTON OIL
They identify those cattle that belong to a particular ranch from other cattle that belong to another ranch. Brands are very useful if cattle are going into community pastures with other cattle from other ranches and farms. It is also useful to identify cattle that may have been stolen.
The quarantine laws in Texas were majorly intended to keep cattle from destroying private property.