All right kids........this is the 3rd correct answer.......next time it will be harder <<G>> .........this answer from Barabara in Michigan is also correct and is below. Cynthia ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Hawks Giezentaner <bgiez@juno.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 1999 7:01 PM Subject: [CRV] Brainstorming re: ear marks > According to my "A to Zax" dictionary, ear marks are "a method of > identifying cattle by placing a distinctive mark on an ear of the animal. > This could be one or more notches in one or more of several places. These > marks were usually registered with the town officials and were > transferrable from father to son." No definition of "cattle marks", but > the dictionary did say about cattle that "years ago this term referred to > all types of four footed domesticated animals." > > Barbara in Saline MI > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L > Conn River Valley Genealogical Research library>>> > http://www.quadrangle.org > List owner: Cyndylou3@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >