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A Brand Book published by the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association. A Brand Book records all livestock brands registered with an organization. In the U.S. most states have branding laws that require brands to be registered before use.
Cattle rustlers using running irons were ingenious in changing brands. [3] The most famous brand change involved the making of the X I T brand into the Star-Cross brand, a star with a cross inside. [4] [5] Brands became so numerous that it became necessary to record them in books that the ranchers could carry in their pockets. Laws were passed ...
Horses on the Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range in Montana. The BLM distinguishes between "herd areas" (HA) where feral horse and burro herds existed at the time of the passage of the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, and "Herd Management Areas" (HMA) where the land is currently managed for the benefit of horses and burros, though "as a component" of public lands, part of ...
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Brands on cattle marked who owned them. [2] Unbranded cattle, known as " mavericks ", could become the property of anyone able to capture and brand them. The invention of barbed wire in the 1870s made it easier to confine cattle to designated areas, which helped to prevent overgrazing of the range, and made fencing huge expanses cheaper than ...
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Cattle is the second largest agriculture sector of the state and Idaho is the third largest producer of milk and cheese in the United States. [1] Although dairy plays a significant role in the economy, Idaho is most known for its potatoes. Idaho is the number one producer of potatoes in the nation and contributes to 32% of the country's ...
The ranch is bigger than Yosemite National Park in California (762,000 acres), and more than twice as big as Wyoming’s Grand Teton (310,000 acres) and Utah’s Canyonlands (338,000).