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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.
Based in Fort Worth, Texas, the organization was founded in 1964 to serve as a registry for the longhorn breed. The Association was started by rancher Charles Schreiner, III, grandson of the legendary cattle baron Captain Charles Armand Schreiner who sent approximately 150,00 head of longhorn to market after the Civil War. [1]
Penalties were imposed on those who failed to obtain a bill of sale with a list of brands on the animals purchased. [6] From the Americas, many cattle branding traditions and techniques spread to Australia, where a distinct set of traditions and techniques developed. Livestock branding has been practiced in Australia since 1866, but after 1897 ...
The standard Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association identification sign; photo taken near the ranch of Gene S. Walker, Sr., in Webb County, Texas.. Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, Inc., is an organization established in 1877 by forty Texas cattlemen for the purpose of combating unbridled livestock theft.
Their cattle brand, with a connected E and J (standing for Espíritu de Jesús), became the first registered cattle brand in what was to become Texas. The brand had been modeled after one used by the Jesuits, and brought from Spain when the De León family emigrated. Martín officially registered it in Texas under the family name in 1807. [6
Livestock Weekly is a weekly newspaper published in San Angelo, Texas, that provides international coverage of the livestock industry, focusing on cattle, sheep, goats, range conditions, markets, and ranch life. [1] [2] It was started by Stanley R. Frank in 1948 and was later referred to as "the cowboy's Wall Street Journal." [1] [3]
A steer. The Texas Longhorn is an American breed of beef cattle, characterized by its long horns, which can span more than 8 ft (2.4 m) from tip to tip. [4] It derives from cattle brought from the Iberian Peninsula to the Americas by Spanish conquistadors from the time of the Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus until about 1512. [5]
Hashknife brand. In addition to the cattle, Aztec acquired one of Continental's brands, the Hashknife, because the cattle it imported from Texas were already branded with it. In these new and unsettled Western ranches, it was especially important for cattle to be branded to prove ownership and minimize theft, which was common and at times rampant.