US Patent: 204,736
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| Device For Marking Animals
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Patent Dates:
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Feb. 15, 1878 |
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Jun. 11, 1878 |
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Patent Pictures:
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Charles P. Housum and Hugh W. Hill patent June 11, 1878 |
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Stan Schulz
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Description: |
| The tool is designed to work with a pre-marked metal ear tag and corresponding ring. The punches on the handle side of the pivot are removable and are used to obliterate selected portions of the pre-stamped tags prior to their application.
The tag and wire ring have a separate patent -- no. 206,569 issued July 30, 1878.
Known example marked H.W. Hill & Co. MARKER. Housum was Hill's partner - see pat. no. 156,669. He retired in 1891; Hill sold the business to Decker Mfg. Co. of Keokuk, IA in 1894. |
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