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<blockquote data-quote="jt" data-source="post: 160005" data-attributes="member: 238"><p>there probably is not one way that will work for all, but one system i have considered is..</p><p></p><p>first number being the last number of the year..... 6 for 2006.</p><p></p><p>then a letter for the month. a = jan, b=feb, etc</p><p></p><p>and then a number for the calf. it can be the cows number, 1,2,3, etc or whatever.</p><p></p><p>i am sure it has some drawbacks.. they all do. like a possible duplicate cow number in 10 years, but the plus side as i see it, would be that i would know the age... month and year of any animal on the place, just by their tag.. on the duplicate problem, if any, i figure i could tell a 3 year old versus a 13, especially if that cow has been around that long and given the fact that i am not on a large scale operation.</p><p></p><p>i know some will say, why not use the letter for the year.. like r for 2005.. well, that is a good way too, IF you can remember all those letters.. there is no correlation between the r and 2005... r is the 18th letter of the alphabet... i see a 5 and i know right away what the year is. the letters for the months are pretty simple.. e is the 5th, thus it would stand for may, the 5th month, etc. that is easier for me to remember.</p><p></p><p>just a thought.</p><p></p><p>jt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jt, post: 160005, member: 238"] there probably is not one way that will work for all, but one system i have considered is.. first number being the last number of the year..... 6 for 2006. then a letter for the month. a = jan, b=feb, etc and then a number for the calf. it can be the cows number, 1,2,3, etc or whatever. i am sure it has some drawbacks.. they all do. like a possible duplicate cow number in 10 years, but the plus side as i see it, would be that i would know the age... month and year of any animal on the place, just by their tag.. on the duplicate problem, if any, i figure i could tell a 3 year old versus a 13, especially if that cow has been around that long and given the fact that i am not on a large scale operation. i know some will say, why not use the letter for the year.. like r for 2005.. well, that is a good way too, IF you can remember all those letters.. there is no correlation between the r and 2005... r is the 18th letter of the alphabet... i see a 5 and i know right away what the year is. the letters for the months are pretty simple.. e is the 5th, thus it would stand for may, the 5th month, etc. that is easier for me to remember. just a thought. jt [/QUOTE]
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