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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 769444" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>this is what I did for years as well.</p><p></p><p>if a heifer is good enough to keep you will remember who her mother is.</p><p>no elaborate systems needed.</p><p>also adding a digit every year you eventually have to start dropping digits and the system looses validity.</p><p>my neighbor uses this dam number plus system and it is difficult for a stranger (me ) to help him sort cattle because so many numbers are alike.</p><p></p><p>S03T SO3U SO3P SO3</p><p>TO3 TO3U TO3P TO3W</p><p></p><p>They get all balled up in my head and i can not sort without a list in my hand. he can hardly do it with the list in his hand</p><p></p><p>with my pure number system I could memorize 6 or 8 and have both hands free.</p><p></p><p>then when TO3W has a heifer what is her number in a four digit tattoo? </p><p>TO3WA won't work.</p><p>O3WA would make this calf out of cow O3W</p><p>if you don't have and O3W that is fine.....</p><p>but what if you do?</p><p></p><p>I also used all numbers because I was too cheap to buy freeze branding irons and tatto digits that i would only use once every 26 years. (alpha)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 769444, member: 6543"] this is what I did for years as well. if a heifer is good enough to keep you will remember who her mother is. no elaborate systems needed. also adding a digit every year you eventually have to start dropping digits and the system looses validity. my neighbor uses this dam number plus system and it is difficult for a stranger (me ) to help him sort cattle because so many numbers are alike. S03T SO3U SO3P SO3 TO3 TO3U TO3P TO3W They get all balled up in my head and i can not sort without a list in my hand. he can hardly do it with the list in his hand with my pure number system I could memorize 6 or 8 and have both hands free. then when TO3W has a heifer what is her number in a four digit tattoo? TO3WA won't work. O3WA would make this calf out of cow O3W if you don't have and O3W that is fine..... but what if you do? I also used all numbers because I was too cheap to buy freeze branding irons and tatto digits that i would only use once every 26 years. (alpha) [/QUOTE]
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