NOSE PRINTS FROM COWS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 122, 19 November 1926, Page 4

NOSE PRINTS FROM COWS

In a big herd it is not always an easy matter to identify a cow. This is especially the case (says S. L. Bastin in the "Boys' Own Paper") where tho cows are of a self-coloured breed, like Jerseys, without any distinctive markings. AVhen milking records are kept or when deals in valuable animals aro being made, it is .most important to be able to make certain of a cow's identity, and tho novel method of taking nose prints has been adopted. After a very exhaustive inquiry, it has been proved that no two cows are exactly alike as regards the lines and wrinkles on the soft skin of the nose. In fact, the variation is as definite and as constant as in the case of the whorls and curves on the finger-tips of a man. A cow's nose gets bigger with age, but the direction of the lines does not alter in the least, and so the nose print is a certain means of identification. The taking of a cow's nose print is carried out in this way:—An ordinary stamp-pad is passed over the ridges of the nose, so that all parts are well inked. Then a piece of soft paper on a board is pressed on the nose, starting with the upr^r lip. and ending with the par'; nearest the face. The identification of tiie particular cow can always then be a matter of certainty.

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