Brand Thread?!?

[Smoke-Chem BBQ]

My Dad registered a brand years ago, also in southern Idaho. The design was an amalgamation of his initials, M and A, but I struggle to recall the actual design. We only kept a handful of cattle on the farm, and never had a branding iron made up after the brand was registered. I assume the brand registration has long since expired.

 

[Fueling Around]

Raised beef cattle and sheep on the family farm in MN up to the millenium. No free ranging animals so nobody branded. Because it was a mix of pasture and crop land everything was fenced. Used to find barbed wire in the grass when mowing fence rows. $#*! Rented the pastures and he uses ear tags.

Neighbors have always watched out for each other even today with most farming operations 10-20x the size they were 30 years ago. There is a harvest bee every few years.