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Originally the word brand meant anything hot or burning, such
as a fire-brand, a burning stick; by the European Middle Ages
it commonly identified the process of burning a mark into a stock
animal with a thick hide, such as a cow, so as to identify
ownership. In the American West, a branding iron consisted of an
iron rod with a seal-like mark which ranchers heated in a fire.
After the branding iron turned red-hot, the rancher pressed the
seal-like marker against the hide of the cow. The unique mark meant
that the cow could then graze freely among other cattle on the
free-range of the American West. Drovers could then separate the
cattle at round-up time for driving to market. More recently,
however, ear-tags attached to the cattle have superseded the
branding iron. These customs of the American West evolved from the
practices of the vaqueros. |
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